John McGill Krumm (March 15, 1913 – October 23, 1995) was an

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bishop and author. He was the sixth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio.

Early life and education

Krumm was born on March 15, 1913, in South Bend, Indiana, the son of William Frederick Krumm and Harriett Vincent McGill. He studied at the University of California at Los Angeles and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in

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in 1935. He also studied at the Virginia Theological Seminary, graduating with a

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in 1938. He also earned his Doctor of Philosophy in church history from the Yale Divinity School in 1948. He was awarded a Doctor of Sacred Theology by Kenyon College in 1962, a

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by Berkeley College and the General Theological Seminary, respectively, in 1975, and a Doctor of Humane Letters by the

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Ordained ministry

Krumm was ordained deacon in June 1938 and priest on December 24, 1938. He served as vicar of St Timothy's Church in

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, St Anne's Church in Lynwood, California, and St George's Church in Hawthorne, California, from 1938 to 1941. Between 1941 and 1943 he was assistant at St Paul's Church in New Haven, Connecticut, until he became rector of St Matthew's Church in

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in 1943. In 1948, he was appointed Dean of

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in Los Angeles. In 1952, he moved to New York City to become chaplain at Columbia University, a post he retained till 1965. Then, between 1965 and 1971, he served as rector of the Church of the Ascension in New York City.

Bishop

In 1970, Krumm was elected the sixth Bishop of Southern Ohio, and consecrated on March 20, 1971, by the presiding bishop,

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. As bishop, he was a member of the Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations and was involved with the Consultation on Church Union. He was also one of the first bishops to ordain women in 1977, after the Episcopal church approved the ordination of women to the priesthood. Krumm retired in 1980 and became Bishop of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, residing in Paris until his resignation in 1984. In 1983, he became bishop-in-residence at St Paul's Church in Tustin, California, and also Assistant Bishop of Los Angeles. Krumm died suddenly on October 23, 1995 in Tustin, California after suffering a heart attack.

Bibliography

*''Roadblocks to Faith'' (Morehouse-Gorham, 1954) *''Why I am an Episcopalian'' (Nelson, 1957) *''Modern Heresies'' (Seabury Press, 1961) *''Christianity and the New Morality'' (Henderson, 1965) *''The Art of Being a Sinner'' (Seabury, 1967) *''Denver Crossroads'' (Forward Movement, 1979) *''Why Choose the Episcopal Church?'
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