Elmer N. Schmuck

The Right Reverend

Elmer Nicholas Schmuck

D.D.
The Right Reverend; Elmer Nicholas Schmuck; D.D.
Bishop of Wyoming
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Wyoming
Elected	October 2, 1929
In office	1929–1936
Predecessor	Nathaniel S. Thomas
Successor	Winfred Hamlin Ziegler
Orders
Ordination	September 19, 1906; by Samuel Cook Edsall
Consecration	December 13, 1929; by Charles P. Anderson
Personal details
Born	July 27, 1882; Peoria, Illinois, United States
Died	April 28, 1936 (aged 53); Laramie, Wyoming, United States
Buried	St Matthew's Cathedral
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	George Schmuck & Rosa Bertha Schuette
Spouse	Katherine Currie (m. 1905)
Alma mater	Seabury-Western Theological Seminary

Last updated September 14, 2023

Elmer Nicholas Schmuck (July 27, 1882 - April 28, 1936) was the third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming.

Biography

Schmuck was born on July 27, 1882, in Peoria, Illinois, son of George Schmuck and Rosa Bertha Schuette. Following education at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, he married Katherine Currie in 1905. He was ordained deacon on May 28, 1905, and priest on September 19, 1906, by Bishop Samuel Cook Edsall of Minnesota.^[1]

He was rector of St Paul's Church in Owatonna, Minnesota from 1906 to 1911, and rector of St John's Church in Linden Hills, Minneapolis from 1911 to 1923.^[2] After two years as rector of St Mark's Church in Denver, Colorado, he was elected Missionary Bishop of Wyoming on October 2, 1929. He was consecrated bishop on December 13, 1929, in the Chapel of the Mediator in Philadelphia by Presiding Bishop Charles P. Anderson.^[3] He was the only bishop consecrated by Presiding Bishop Anderson during his short primacy. Schmuck was awarded a Doctor of Divinity from Seabury in 1927. He died in office on April 28, 1936, and was buried in the cathedral close.

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References

↑ "SCHMUCK , Elmer Nicholas". Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches: 375. 1933.
↑ "SCHMUCK , Elmer Nicholas". Who Was Who in America: 1089. 1897.
↑ "SCHMUCK ELMER N. D.D." The Living Church Annual: 113. 1931.

Obituary in The Living Church, May 9, 1936, p. 599.

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[1] "SCHMUCK , Elmer Nicholas". Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches: 375. 1933.

[2] "SCHMUCK , Elmer Nicholas". Who Was Who in America: 1089. 1897.

[3] "SCHMUCK ELMER N. D.D." The Living Church Annual: 113. 1931.

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