Charles Sumner Burch (June 30, 1855 – December 20, 1920) was an American Protestant Episcopal clergyman who served as Bishop of New York from 1919 till his death in 1920.
The Right Reverend Charles Sumner Burch D.D., L.H.D., LL.D. | |
|---|---|
| 9th Bishop of New York | |
 Burch in 1919 | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Elected | September 17, 1919 |
| In office | 1919–1920 |
| Predecessor | David H. Greer |
| Successor | William T. Manning |
| Previous post(s) | Suffragan Bishop of New York (1911-1919) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1905 by David H. Greer |
| Consecration | February 24, 1911 by David H. Greer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 30, 1855 |
| Died | December 20, 1920 (aged 65) New York City, US |
| Buried | Cathedral of St. John the Divine |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Margaret Hadley (m.1878) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Biography
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He graduated from the University of Michigan, and entered the publishing business in Chicago. From 1897 to 1905 he was an editor for the Grand Rapids' Evening Press. He had taken deacon's orders in 1895 and was ordained as a priest in 1905.
He was ordained to the Diaconate in 1895 by Bishop McLaren, and to the Priesthood in 1905 by Bishop Greer. After being rector of Saint Andrew's, Staten Island, New York City, for six years he was consecrated as a suffragan bishop of New York in 1911. He succeeded David Hummell Greer as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ Arthur Selden Lloyd (1921). "Sermon in Memory of the Right Reverend Charles Sumner Burch, D. D., LL. D. Ninth Bishop of New York Preached in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine at the Opening Service of the Special Convention of the Diocese of New York on Wednesday, January 26, 1921".
- ^ American biography: A New Cyclopedia, Volume 9. The American Historical Society, Inc. 1921. pp. 73–76.
External links
edit- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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