Vedder Van Dyck (July 18, 1889 - August 2, 1960) was the fifth bishop of the

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Biography

A graduate of Columbia College (1918) and the

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in New York (1914), he was consecrated on February 24, 1936. His consecrators were

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and John T. Dallas. Prior to this, Van Dyck was served Saint Mary's Church in

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, where he was ordained as deacon (April 25, 1914), priest (1915), and priest-in-charge and rector (1917–1929). He died in office on August 2, 1960, and was succeeded by Harvey D. Butterfield. He was a

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under the jurisdiction of the

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References

1889 births 1960 deaths Episcopal bishops of Vermont People from Amityville, New York Columbia College (New York) alumni 20th-century American Episcopalians {{US-Anglican-bishop-stub