Edward Lewis Lee Jr.

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The Right Reverend

Edward Lewis Lee
Bishop of Western Michigan
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese Western Michigan
ElectedJune 3, 1989
In office1989–2002
Predecessor Howard Meeks
Successor Robert R. Gepert
Orders
OrdinationNovember 14, 1959
by  J. Gillespie Armstrong
ConsecrationOctober 7, 1989
by  Edward W. Jones
Personal details
Born1934
Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
Denomination Anglican
Spouse
Kathryn Fligg
​
(m. 1961)​
Children1
Alma mater Brown University

Edward Lewis Lee Jr. (born 1934) is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church who served as the seventh Bishop of Western Michigan between 1989 and 2002.

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Early life

Lee was born in 1934 in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1956. He then studied at the General Theological Seminary, graduating in 1959 with a Master of Divinity. He was ordained deacon on May 9, 1959 by Bishop Oliver J. Hart of Pennsylvania, and priest on November 14, 1959 by Bishop J. Gillespie Armstrong Suffragan of Pennsylvania.

Career

Between 1959 and 1964, he served as curate at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Philadelphia. In 1964 he became the Episcopal Advisor of the University Christian Movement of Temple University, retaining the post till 1973. He also served as Sunday and pastoral assistant at the Church of the Annunciation in Philadelphia, parish consultant at St. Peter's Episcopal Church of Germantown, and lecturer in homiletics at the Philadelphia Divinity School. Between 1970 and 1973, he also served as the national chairperson of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship and between 1973 and 1982, Lee was rector of St James' Church in Florence, Italy. He also served as a deputy to General Convention representing the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, in 1976 and 1979. In 1982, he became rector of St John's Church, in Washington, D.C., where he served until 1989. [1]

Bishop

Lee was elected Bishop of Western Michigan on June 3, 1989 in the Cathedral Church of Christ the King, and consecrated on October 7, 1989. [2] [3] He retired on July 1, 2002, and later served as Assisting Bishop in the Diocese of Pennsylvania until 2017.

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References

  1. ↑ "Resolution 9: Welcome to Bishop and Mrs. Lee". Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Western Michigan. 1989.
  2. ↑ "Bp. Edward Lee Retires (at 83)", The Living Church , 8 September 2017. Retrieved on 9 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Interview with the Right Reverend Edward L. Lee Jr. by Clark Groome, Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Oral History Project, Merion Station, Pennsylvania.", Diocese of Pennsylvania, 8 March 2016. Retrieved on 9 January 2021.
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