Edward M. Parker

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The Right Reverend

Edward Melville Parker

D.D., D.C.L.
Bishop of New Hampshire
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Church Episcopal Church
Diocese New Hampshire
In office1914–1925
Predecessor William Woodruff Niles
Successor John T. Dallas
Orders
Ordination1881
by  William Woodruff Niles
ConsecrationFebruary 9, 1906
by  William Woodruff Niles
Personal details
BornJuly 11, 1855
DiedOctober 22, 1925(1925-10-22) (aged 70)
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Buried Blossom Hill and Calvary Cemeteries
Nationality American
Denomination Anglican
ParentsHenry Melville Parker & Fanny Cushing Stone
SpouseGrace M. Elmendorf
Isabella Goodrich
Previous post(s)Coadjutor Bishop of New Hampshire (1906-1914)

Edward Melville Parker (July 11, 1855 - October 22, 1925) was a bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States.

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Biography

Education

He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of Henry Melville Parker and Fanny Cushing (Stone) Parker. [1] He was educated at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire (1868-1874), and at Keble College, Oxford, England (B.A. 1878; M.A. 1881). He received a D.D. from the Berkeley Divinity School in 1906, and a D.C.L. from the Bishop's College (now Bishop's University) in Lennoxville, Quebec, in 1907. [2]

Career

He was ordained deacon in 1879 and priest in 1881. From 1879 to 1906, he was master of St. Paul's School. He was made bishop coadjutor of New Hampshire in 1906 and was bishop from 1914 until 1925. [3]

Marriage

He married Grace Elmendorf of Racine, Wisconsin, in 1885. She died in 1888.

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References

  1. "Parker, Edward Melville". Stowe's Clerical Directory of the American Church: 225. 1917.
  2. Marquis Who's Who (1960). Who was who in America, p. 507. Marquis Who's Who, Berkeley Heights, NJ.
  3. "Parker, Edward Melville". The Churchman. 92: 13. 1905.