Charles W. MacLean

Charles Waldo MacLean (June 28, 1903 - March 22, 1985) was a suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island in New York.

The Right Reverend Charles Waldo MacLean S.T.D., D.D.
Suffragan Bishop of Long Island
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Long Island
Elected	1961
In office	1962–1975
Orders
Ordination	February 1929 by John T. Dallas
Consecration	February 14, 1962 by James P. deWolfe
Personal details
Born	(1903-06-28)June 28, 1903 Lincoln, New Hampshire, United States
Died	March 22, 1985(1985-03-22) (aged 81) Mineola, New York, United States
Buried	St. Mary's Church in Shelter Island, New York
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Howard Douglas MacLean & Ethel May Holmes
Spouse	Grace Elizabeth Mentzer (m. May 31, 1928) Paula Featheringill
Children	2

Biography

MacLean was born on June 28, 1903, in Lincoln, New Hampshire, the son of Howard Douglas MacLean and Ethel Holmes. He graduated from St Stephen's College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, in 1925 and then from the General Theological Seminary in New York City in 1928. He was ordained deacon in May 1928 and priest in February 1929. During his priestly ministry he served as curate of the Church of the Epiphany in New York City between 1928 and 1930, after which he became vicar of St John's Chapel in Richmond Hill, Queens. In 1933 he became rector of Grace Church in Riverhead, New York. In 1950 he was appointed archdeacon in charge of diocesan administration. He was also created as an honorary canon at the Cathedral of Incarnation in Garden City, New York, in 1947.

In 1961 he was elected Suffragan Bishop of Long Island and was consecrated on February 14, 1962, and served until retirement in 1975. He died on March 22, 1985, in NYU Winthrop Hospital after a brief illness. Bishop Charles Waldo MacLean Episcopal Nursing Home in Queens, New York, is named in his memory.

References

• New York Times obituary