Addison Hosea

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Addison Hosea

D.D.
Bishop of Lexington
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese Lexington
ElectedFebruary 10, 1970
In office1971–1985
Predecessor William R. Moody
Successor Don Wimberly
Orders
OrdinationJune 23, 1949
by  Tom Wright
ConsecrationMay 12, 1970
by  William R. Moody
Personal details
Born(1914-09-11)September 11, 1914
Pikeville, North Carolina, United States
DiedDecember 14, 1985(1985-12-14) (aged 71)
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Buried Lexington Cemetery
Denomination Anglican
ParentsAddison Hosea & Alma Bowden
SpouseJane Eubank Marston
Children3
Previous post(s)Coadjutor Bishop of Lexington (1970-1971)
Alma mater Atlantic Christian College

Addison Hosea (September 11, 1914 - December 14, 1985) was an American prelate who served as the forth Bishop of Lexington from 1971 to 1985.

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Early life and education

Hosea was born on September 11, 1914, in Pikeville, North Carolina, the son of Addison Hosea and Alma Bowden. [1] He was educated at the Pikeville High School, before studying at the University of North Carolina, from 1930 to 1931. He later studied at Atlantic Christian College, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1938. Between 1932 and 1934, and again from 1938 till 1941, he taught in various school in North Carolina. [2] On June 24, 1944, he married Jane Eubank Marston, and together had three children. He enrolled at Sewanee: The University of the South and earned a Bachelor of Divinity in 1949. He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity from the University of the South in 1970 and another from the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Kentucky in 1968. [3]

Ordained ministry

Hosea was ordained deacon in December 1948 and then priest on June 23, 1949, by Bishop Tom Wright of East Carolina. [4] [5] After ordination, he became priest-in-charge of St Gabriel's Church in Faison, North Carolina, a post he kept till 1951, and subsequently, between 1949 and 1954, rector of St Paul's Church in Clinton, North Carolina. During his time in North Carolina, he also directed the diocesan youth camp and, later, the department of Christian Education. In 1954, he moved to Versailles, Kentucky and became rector of St John's Church, a post he retained till 1970. [6] Subsequently, from 1954 till 1959 and 1965 till 1970, he was Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Kentucky.

Episcopacy

On February 10, 1970, at a Special Convention of the Diocese of Lexington, Hosea was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Lexington. [7] He was consecrated on May 12, 1970, in Christ Church, Lexington, Kentucky, by the Bishop of Lexington William R. Moody. He succeeded as diocesan bishop in 1971 and retained the post till his retirement in November 1985, a month before his death on December 14, 1985, at the University of Kentucky Hospital. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Marquis Who's Who (1985). Who was who in America, p. 172. Marquis Who's Who, Berkeley Heights, NJ. ISBN   0837902177.
  2. ↑ Marquis Who's Who (1984). Who's who in the South and Southwest, p. 396. Marquis Who's Who, Berkeley Heights, NJ. ISBN   0837908191.
  3. ↑ Marquis Who's Who (1985). Who's who in Religion, p. 170. Marquis Who's Who, Berkeley Heights, NJ. ISBN   0837916038.
  4. ↑ "Ordinations". The Living Church . 119 (4): 13. 24 July 1949.
  5. ↑ "Hosea, Addison". Stowe's Clerical Directory of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: 160. 1950.
  6. ↑ Barr, F.K. (1995). Ripe to the Harvest: History of the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington 1895-1995, p. 168. The Diocese, Lexington, KY.
  7. ↑ Chorley, Edward Clowes; Stowe, Walter Herbert; Brown, Lawrence L. (1976). "Addison Hosea". Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church: 55.
  8. ↑ "Lexington Loses Two Former Bishops", Episcopal News Service, 9 January 1986. Retrieved on 28 May 2020.
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