Ernest Vincent Shayler

Ernest Vincent Shayler (October 11, 1868 – June 25, 1947) was the fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska.

The Right Reverend

Ernest Vincent Shayler

D.D.
Bishop of Nebraska
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseNebraska
ElectedMay 1919
In office1919–1938
PredecessorArthur Llewellyn Williams
SuccessorHoward R. Brinker
Orders
OrdinationNovember 10, 1897
by Boyd Vincent
ConsecrationSeptember 11, 1919
by Frederick W. Keator
Personal details
Born(1868-10-11)October 11, 1868
DiedJune 25, 1947(1947-06-25) (aged 78)
Los Angeles, California, United States
BuriedGreen Lawn Cemetery
DenominationAnglican
ParentsCharles William Shayler & Charlotte Sherman
Spouse
Mignon Louise Knight
(m. 1886; died 1932)

Frances B. Milbank
(m. 1938)
Children2

Early life and education

edit

Shayler was born on October 11, 1868, in North Moreton, Oxfordshire, England, to Charles William Shayler and Charlotte Sherman. At the age of fifteen, he emigrated with his parents to the United States, and settled in Ohio. He studied at Kenyon College and after graduation in 1893, went on to study for the priesthood at Bexley Hall, from where he graduated in 1896. He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity by Kenyon College in 1919.[1]

Ordained ministry

edit

Shayler was ordained deacon in 1893, and priest on November 10, 1897, by Bishop Boyd Vincent of Southern Ohio. He served as assistant at Trinity Church in Columbus, Ohio between 1893 and 1894, and then became deacon-in-charge, and afterward rector, of Calvary Church in Sandusky, Ohio. In 1900, he then became rector of Grace Church in Oak Park, Illinois, and in 1909, he transferred to Seattle to serve as rector of St Mark's Church.[2] During the First World War, he was a civilian chaplain at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

Episcopacy

edit

Shayler was elected Bishop of Nebraska in May 1919 on the second ballot.[3] He was consecrated on September 11, 1919, by Bishop Frederick W. Keator of Olympia. He remained in office until 1938. Shayler died on June 25, 1947, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles.[4]

Books

edit
  • The Making of a Churchman (1908)
  • The Making and Life of the Church

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "SHAYLER , Ernest Vincent". Who's Who in America. 15: 1881. 1928.
  2. ^ "Nebraska". The Living Church Annual and Churchman's Almanac: 74. 1920.
  3. ^ Tan Creti, M. J. (2014). The Great Crowd: A Love Story About a Large Urban Parish, p. 137. Xlibris US. ISBN 1499081006.
  4. ^ "Bishop Shayler Dies". The Living Church. 115 (1): 5. 6 July 1947.