William Edmond Armitage

William Edmond Armitage (September 6, 1830 – December 7, 1873) was a bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States.[1]

The Right Reverend

William Edmond Armitage
Bishop of Wisconsin
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseWisconsin
ElectedJune 7, 1866
In office1870–1873
PredecessorJackson Kemper
SuccessorEdward R. Welles
Previous post(s)Assistant Bishop of Wisconsin (1866–1870)
Orders
OrdinationSeptember 27, 1854
by George Burgess
ConsecrationDecember 6, 1866
by Jackson Kemper
Personal details
Born(1830-09-06)September 6, 1830
DiedDecember 7, 1873(1873-12-07) (aged 43)
New York City, New York, U.S.
BuriedElmwood Cemetery, Detroit
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
SpouseCharlotte Louisa Lambard
Children3
Alma materColumbia University

Born in New York City, Armitage graduated from Columbia College in 1849 and the General Theological Seminary in 1852.[1][2] He was ordained deacon at the Church of the Transfiguration, New York, on June 27, 1852, by Bishop Carlton Chase and priest at St. Mark's, Augusta, Maine, on September 27, 1854, by Bishop George Burgess.[1]

Armitage's first ministry position was as assistant at St. John's in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He was then called to St. Mark's, Augusta, Maine, until called to be rector of St. John's, Detroit, Michigan, where he was when elected to the episcopate. He received his doctorate in divinity from Columbia College in 1866.[1]

Armitage was consecrated at St. John's Detroit on December 6, 1866, by bishops Kemper, McCoskry, H. W. Lee, Whipple, J. C. Talbot, Coxe, Clarkson, Kerfoot, and Cummins, together with Bishop Cronyn, the Bishop of Huron, Canada. He was coadjutor bishop to Jackson Kemper (1866–1870) and on the death of Kemper served as the second Bishop of Wisconsin (1870–1873).[1]

Armitage died at St. Luke's Hospital in New York on December 7, 1873, and his remains are buried in Detroit, Michigan, at Elmwood Cemetery.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Wagner, Harold Ezra (1947). A History of the Diocese of Milwaukee. Diocese of Milwaukee.
  2. ^ Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. Acad. 1874. pp. 253–254.
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