Roy Frederick Cederholm Jr. (July 1, 1944 - August 27, 2023), commonly called Bud, was an

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prelate of the Episcopal Church, who served as Suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts between 2001 and 2011.

Biography

Cederholm was born on July 1, 1944, in Brockton, Massachusetts, the son of Roy Frederick Cederholm and his wife Roberta L. His paternal grandparents were Swedish immigrants to the United States. Cederholm was baptized at Trinity Church in

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. He studied at

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and graduated with a

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in mathematics. He then taught mathematics at Cohasset High School, before attending

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, where he studied theology. Cederholm was ordained priest on May 20, 1972, for the Diocese of Massachusetts, and served as associate rector of St Stephen's Church in Cohasset, Massachusetts, from 1971 to 1976 and then as rector of St Paul's Church in

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between 1976 and 1989. In 1989, he became rector of Christ Church in

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, where he remained till 2001. He also served as Christian education consultant in the dioceses of Massachusetts and Vermont, and was a religious education coordinator for Province 1 between 1988 and 1991. He was also elected as deputy to the General Conventions representing the Diocese of Vermont, in 1982 and 1988. On November 4, 2000, Cederholm was elected Suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts on the sixth ballot, during a diocesan annual convention.Sukraw,
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'', 26 November 2000. Retrieved on 6 December 2020. He was consecrated at Trinity Church in

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on March 24, 2001, by Bishop

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of New Hampshire.

References

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