E. Paul Haynes

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The Right Reverend

Emerson Paul Haynes
Bishop of Southwest Florida
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese Southwest Florida
ElectedApril 27, 1974
In office1975–1988
Predecessor William L. Hargrave
Successor Rogers Sanders Harris
Orders
OrdinationSeptember 30, 1948
by  Henry Hobson
ConsecrationSeptember 21, 1974
by  John Allin
Personal details
Born(1918-03-10)March 10, 1918
Marshfield, Indiana, United States
DiedMay 30, 1988(1988-05-30) (aged 70)
St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Nationality American
Denomination Anglican (prev. Evangelical United)
ParentsOra Wilbur Haynes & Lydia Pearl Walsh
SpouseHelen Charlene Elledge
Children3
Previous post(s) Coadjutor Bishop of Southwest Florida (1974-1975)

Emerson Paul Haynes (March 10, 1918 - May 30, 1988) was second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida, serving from 1975 to 1988.

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Early life and education

Haynes was born on March 10, 1918, in Marshfield, Indiana, the son of the Reverend Ora Wilbur Haynes and Lydia Pearl Walsh. He attended the local high school in New Albany, Indiana. [1] At the age of 17, on November 15, 1935, he married Helen Charlene Elledge and together had three children. He then studied at the Indiana Central University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1942. The same university awarded him a Doctor of Humane Letters in 1976. He also attended the Bonebrake Theological Seminary and earned his Bachelor of Divinity in 1946. [2]

Ordained ministry

Haynes was ordained a minister in the Evangelical United Brethren Church in 1937. He joined the Episcopal Church, and was ordained deacon in April 1948 and priest on September 30, 1948, by Bishop Henry Hobson of Southern Ohio. [3] He served as rector of Holy Trinity Church in Cincinnati from 1948 till 1953. In 1953, he became rector of All Saints Church in Portsmouth, Ohio, while in 1957, he transferred to Calvary Church in Cincinnati to serve as its rector. In 1959 he became canon chancellor of St Luke's Cathedral in Orlando, Florida, and in 1964, he became rector of St Luke's Church in Fort Myers, Florida. He served on the Standing Committee and Diocesan Council and as Deputy to the Provincial Synod and General Conventions of 1970 and 1973. [4]

Episcopacy

On April 27, 1974, Hayes was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Southwest Florida on the ninth ballot, during a diocesan convention. [5] He was consecrated on September 21, 1974, by Presiding Bishop John Allin, in St Peter's Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Florida. [6] He succeeded as diocesan bishop upon the retirement of Bishop Hargrave on July 31, 1975. Haynes died in office on May 30, 1988, in St Anthony's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, after suffering a bleeding gastric ulcer, followed by a heart attack. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Fish, C. S. (1953). "Haynes, Emerson Paul". Stowe's Clerical Directory of the American Episcopal Church: 161.
  2. ↑ Marquis Who's Who (1985). Who was who in America, p. 158. Marquis Who's Who, Berkeley Heights, NJ. ISBN   0837902177.
  3. ↑ "Changes- Ordinations". The Living Church . 117: 30. 17 October 1948.
  4. ↑ Marquis Who's Who (1985). Who's who in Religion, p. 156. Marquis Who's Who, Berkeley Heights, NJ. ISBN   0837916038.
  5. ↑ "Church News Briefs", Diocesan Press Service, 10 May 1974. Retrieved on 27 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "Emerson Paul Haynes (701)". The Episcopal Church Annual: 230. 1975.
  7. ↑ "Bishop Haynes of Southwest Florida Dies", Diocesan Press Service, 9 June 1988. Retrieved on 27 June 2020.


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