Earl N. McArthur

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The Right Reverend

Earl Nicholas McArthur
Suffragan Bishop of West Texas
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese West Texas
ElectedSeptember 19, 1987
In office1988-1993
Predecessor Stanley F. Hauser
Successor Robert B. Hibbs
Orders
OrdinationJanuary 15, 1964
by  Everett Holland Jones
ConsecrationJanuary 6, 1988
by  Edmond L. Browning
Personal details
Born(1925-01-01)January 1, 1925
Houston, Texas, United States
DiedJuly 17, 2016(2016-07-17) (aged 91)
Wimberley, Texas, United States
BuriedSt Stephen's Cemetery, Wimberley
Nationality American
Denomination Anglican
ParentsEarl Nicholas McArthur & Nanabelle Stanfield
Spouse
Shirley Beth Nyberg
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(m. 1948;died 2005)​
Children4

Earl Nicholas McArthur Jr. (January 1, 1925 - July 17, 2016) was a suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas. [1]

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Early life and education

McArthur was born in Houston, Texas on January 1, 1925 to Earl Nicholas McArthur Sr. and Nanabelle Stanfield. He served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific between 1943 and 1946. He then studied at Rice University from where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1948 and later undertook postgraduate studies at the University of Houston between 1948 and 1949. He then spent a number of years working as a petroleum engineer and district manager for drilling mud sales for the Alamo Lumber Company. In 1960, he commenced theological studies at the Virginia Theological Seminary, from where he graduated with a Master of Divinity in 1963. [2]

Ordained ministry

McArthur was ordained deacon in 1963 and then priest on January 15, 1964 by Bishop Everett Holland Jones of West Texas]]. [3] He served as deacon-in-charge and later rector of the Church of the Annunciation in Luling, Texas between 1963 and 1965, after which he became associate rector of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Houston, Texas. In 1967, he was called to serve as rector of All Saints' Church in Corpus Christi, Texas, while in 1981 he transferred to Wimberley, Texas to take upon himself the post of rector of St Stephen's Church. [4]

Bishop

On September 19, 1987, MacArthur was elected on the fifth ballot as Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas. He was consecrated on January 6, 1988 by Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning in the First United Methodist Church, Corpus Christi, Texas. [5] He then retired on December 31, 1993. He died in Wimberley, Texas on July 17, 2016. He married Shirley Beth Nyberg on February 4, 1948 and together had two sons and two daughters. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bishop Earl N. McARTHUR". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "MCARTHUR, EARL NICHOLAS, JR". Who's Who in Religion: 427. 1977. ISBN   9780837916026.
  3. ↑ "Ordinations". The Living Church . 148: 22. February 9, 1964.
  4. ↑ "Macarthur To Be W. Texas Suffragan", Episcopal News Service, October 29, 1987. Retrieved on October 3, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Earl Nicholas McArthur, Jr". The Episcopal Church Annual: 317. 1989.
  6. ↑ "Obituary", Thomason Funeral Home. Retrieved on October 4, 2022.


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