John Moore Walker, Jr. (November 24, 1888 - July 16, 1951) was the 3rd bishop in the

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, and was the 1st bishop born in the state of Georgia to a bishop in the state of Georgia.

Background

Walker was born on November 24, 1888, in

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, to John Moore Walker, Sr., and Clara Pruyn Roosevelt. In 1910 he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Georgia. In 1913 he received his

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from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.

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ordained Walker as a deacon and later as a priest at Christ Church in

, Walker's childhood parish. From 1914 to 1918, Walker served several southeast Georgia towns as a Missionary Priest. Finally, in 1918, he was called to be

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of St Paul's Church in Albany, Georgia. In 1926 he became rector of St Peter's Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, and in 1931 became rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1942 he was elected bishop of Atlanta and consecrated on September 29, 1942, St Luke's Church. He died on July 16, 1951.

Consecrators

* Henry S. Tucker,

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Presiding Bishop of the

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* Frank A. Juhan * Richard B. Mitchell John Walker was the 434th bishop consecrated in the Episcopal Church.

References

Bishop Walker's Page
Diocese of Atlanta Centennial website. Accessed: 2 March 2006 * ''The Episcopal Church Annual''. Morehouse Publishing: New York, NY (2005). {{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, John Moore, Jr. 1888 births 1951 deaths University of Georgia alumni Episcopal bishops of Atlanta Sewanee: The University of the South alumni People from Macon, Georgia 20th-century American Episcopalians

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