George W. Barrett (bishop)

The Right Reverend

George West Barrett

D.D.
The Right Reverend; George West Barrett; D.D.
Bishop of Rochester
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Rochester
Elected	February 5, 1963
In office	1963–1969
Predecessor	Dudley S. Stark
Successor	Robert R. Spears Jr.
Orders
Ordination	March 1934; by Robert Burton Gooden
Consecration	May 11, 1963; by Horace W. B. Donegan
Personal details
Born	May 10, 1908; Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Died	December 3, 2000 (aged 92); Santa Barbara, California, United States
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Edward Cecil Barrett & Mary Parsons West
Spouse	Emma Dee Hanford (m. 1936); Bettina Tvede (m. 1970)
Children	2

Last updated March 14, 2023

George West Barrett (May 10, 1908 - September 3, 2000) was an American Episcopal prelate who served as the fourth Bishop of Rochester between 1963 and 1969.

Education

Barrett was born in 1908 in Iowa City, Iowa but was raised in Pasadena, California. He studied at the University of California, Los Angeles from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and later studied theology at the Episcopal Divinity School and graduated in 1933.

Priest

He was ordained deacon in July 1933 by Bishop W. Bertrand Stevens of Los Angeles, and priest in March 1934 by Bishop Robert Burton Gooden, Suffragan of Los Angeles. He became curate at St Paul's Church in Oakland, California, where he remained till 1936. Later he served as rector of St Mark's Church in Upland, California. In 1942 he moved to Monrovia, California to become rector of St Luke's Church and in 1947 he became rector of St James' Church in Los Angeles. In 1955 he became rector of Christ Church in Bronxville, New York and professor of Pastoral Theology at the General Theological Seminary in New York City.^[1]

Bishop

Barrett was elected Bishop of Rochester during the second ballot on February 5, 1963, during a special convention in Rochester. He was consecrated on May 11, 1963, by Horace W. B. Donegan, Bishop of New York in Christ Church in Bronxville, New York. He retained the post till his retirement in 1969. After retirement he served as Assistant Bishop of Los Angeles and was bishop in residence at the Church of St Alban in Los Angeles and Trinity Church in Santa Barbara, California.^[2]

Ordination of women

Barrett is best remembered for ordaining four women to the priesthood on September 7, 1975, before the Episcopal Church had approved the ordination of women. The ordination took place at the St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church in Washington D.C. The four women were Lee McGee (Street), Alison Palmer, Betty Rosenberg (Powell), and Diane Tickell, four women who became known as the Washington Four. After the ordination, Barrett was temporary banned from performing his duties. The General Convention approved the ordination of women a year later.^[3]

Family

Barrett married his first wife Emma Dee Hanford in 1936 but the marriage ended in divorce. They had a daughter and a son together. He remarried in 1970 to Bettina Tvede.

Death

Barrett died in Santa Barbara, California on December 3, 2000, after stopping kidney dialysis.

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References

↑ "Bishop Barrett Dies", The Living Church, New York, 24 December 2000. Retrieved on 11 March 2019.
↑ "Rochester Consecration", The Living Church, New York, 28 April 1963. Retrieved on 11 March 2019.
↑ Pace, Eric. "Bishop George W. Barrett, 92; Fostered Women's Ordination", The New York Times , New York, 07 December 2000. Retrieved on 11 March 2019.

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[1] "Bishop Barrett Dies", The Living Church, New York, 24 December 2000. Retrieved on 11 March 2019.

[2] "Rochester Consecration", The Living Church, New York, 28 April 1963. Retrieved on 11 March 2019.

[3] Pace, Eric. "Bishop George W. Barrett, 92; Fostered Women's Ordination", The New York Times , New York, 07 December 2000. Retrieved on 11 March 2019.

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