John A. Pinckney

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The Right Reverend

John Adams Pinckney

D.D.
Bishop of Upper South Carolina
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese Upper South Carolina
ElectedMay 7, 1963
In office1963–1972
Successor Clarence Alfred Cole
Opposed to George Moyer Alexander
Orders
OrdinationMay 1933
by  Albert Sidney Thomas
ConsecrationSeptember 18, 1963
by  M. George Henry
Personal details
Born(1905-03-08)March 8, 1905
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States
DiedDecember 7, 1972(1972-12-07) (aged 67)
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Buried Trinity Cathedral yard
Nationality American
Denomination Anglican
ParentsFrancis Douglas Pinckney & Mary Lee Adams
SpouseHilda W. Emerson
Children3
Alma mater University of the South

John Adams Pinckney (March 8, 1905 - December 7, 1972) was an American prelate of the Episcopal Church, who served as the forth Bishop of Upper South Carolina.

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Early life and education

Pinckney was born in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina on March 8, 1905, the son of Francis Douglas Pinckney and Mary Lee Adams. He studied at College of Charleston between 1925 and 1926, and then at the DuBose Middle School in Summerville, South Carolina between 1926 and 1928. He graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity from the University of the South in 1931, and was awarded a Doctor of Divinity in 1964. He married Hilda W. Emerson on October 8, 1931, and together had three children. [1]

Ordained ministry

Pinckney was ordained deacon in June 1931 and priest in May 1933 by the Bishop of South Carolina Albert Sidney Thomas. [2] Between 1931 and 1937, he served as rector of the Church of the Holy Communion in Allendale, South Carolina and of the Church of the Holy Apostles in Barnwell, South Carolina. He subsequently also was priest-in-charge of the Church of the Heavenly Rest in Garnett, South Carolina, and of St Alban's Mission in Blackville, South Carolina. [3]

In 1937, he became rector of the Church of Holy Cross in Tryon, North Carolina, while in 1939, he became rector of St Paul's Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Between 1941 and 1948, he served as minister at Holy Trinity Church in Clemson, South Carolina and as Episcopal chaplain at Clemson College. In 1948, he became rector of St James' Church in Greenville, South Carolina, while in 1959, he was appointed Archdeacon of Upper South Carolina. [4]

Episcopacy

On May 7, 1963, Pinckney was elected on the second ballot, as the fifth Bishop of Upper South Carolina, during the annual convention of the diocese, held in the Church of the Good Shepherd, Columbia, South Carolina. [5] [6] He was consecrated on September 18, 1963, in Trinity Cathedral, by Bishop M. George Henry of Western North Carolina]]. [7] Pinckney died in office in 1972 due to coronary complications. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Marquis Who's Who (1973). Who's who in the South and Southwest, p. 594. Marquis Who's Who, Berkeley Heights, NJ. ISBN   0837908132.
  2. ↑ Thomas, C. E. (1977). A Biographical Tribute to the Rt. Rev. Albert Sidney Thomas, p. 58. A Press.
  3. ↑ Fish, C. S. (1953). "Pinckney, John Adams". Stowe's Clerical Directory of the American Episcopal Church: 290.
  4. ↑ Marquis Who's Who (1973). Who was who in America, p. 572. Marquis Who's Who, Berkeley Heights, NJ. ISBN   0837902053.
  5. ↑ "Archdeacon to Bishop". The Living Church . 146: 7. 26 May 1963.
  6. ↑ "John Adams Pinckney". The Episcopalian. 131: 62. 1966.
  7. ↑ "Consecration day". The Living Church . 147: 9. 4 August 1963.
  8. ↑ "Bishop Pinckney of Upper South Carolina Dies", Diocesan Press Service, 8 December 1972. Retrieved on 5 July 2020.
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