Edward William Osborne

The Right Reverend Edward William Osborne SSJE
Bishop of Springfield
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Springfield
Elected	1904
In office	1906–1916
Predecessor	George Franklin Seymour
Successor	Granville Hudson Sherwood
Previous post(s)	Coadjutor Bishop of Springfield (1904–1906)
Orders
Ordination	1870 by  Charles Ellicott
Consecration	October 23, 1904 by  George Franklin Seymour
Personal details
Born	(1845-01-05)January 5, 1845 Calcutta, India
Died	July 5, 1926(1926-07-05) (aged 81) San Diego, California, US
Nationality	English American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Francis Osborne Louisa White
Alma mater	Worcester College, Oxford

Edward William Osborne SSJE (January 5, 1845 - July 5, 1926) was the second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Springfield.

Biography

Edward William Osborne was born in Calcutta, India, on January 5, 1845, son of Francis Osborne and Louisa White. ^[1] He was educated at Worcester College, Oxford, graduating in 1869. He was ordained deacon in 1869, and priest in 1870. He became curate of Highworth in 1869 and then of Kenn, Devon, in 1872. He then served as a priest of the Society of St. John the Evangelist in Boston from 1878 to 1904. ^[2]

In 1904, Osborne was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Springfield, and was consecrated to the episcopate on October 23, 1904. He became diocesan bishop in 1906, and retiring as Bishop of Springfield in 1916. He died in San Diego, California. ^[3]

Author of "The Children's Saviour" and "The Saviour King", in addition to "The Children's Faith". The new edition of "The Children's Faith: Instructions to Children on the Apostles Creed by Edward Osborne, Mission Priest of The Society of St. John Evangelist-", p. 3, was published by Longmans, Green, and Co. in 1894.

See also

• List of bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America

References

1. Herringshaw, Thomas William, ed. (1914). Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography. Vol. IV. American Publishers Association. p. 344. Retrieved July 22, 2020– via Google Books.
2. "OSBORNE, EDWARD WILLIAM". The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: 279. 1949.
3. "Osborne". Los Angeles Times . July 8, 1926. p. 16. Retrieved July 22, 2020– via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Media related to Edward William Osborne at Wikimedia Commons