John Alfred Baden

Last updated
The Right Reverend

John Alfred Baden

D.D.
Suffragan Bishop of Virginia
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese Virginia
ElectedApril 28, 1973
In office1973–1979
Predecessor Philip Alan Smith
Successor David H. Lewis Jr.
Orders
OrdinationDecember 1948
by  Noble C. Powell
ConsecrationJune 30, 1973
by  Robert F. Gibson Jr.
Personal details
Born(1913-05-10)May 10, 1913
Washington, D.C., United States
DiedApril 26, 1983(1983-04-26) (aged 69)
Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Buried Virginia Theological Seminary
Denomination Anglican
ParentsJohn Alfred Baden & Marian Sturgis
SpouseJean Deloris Feaga
Children3

John Alfred Baden (May 10, 1913 - April 26, 1983) was an American prelate who served as the Suffragan Bishop of Virginia from 1973 till 1979.

Contents

Early life and education

Baden was born in Washington, D.C. on May 10, 1913, the son of John Alfred Baden and Marian Sturgis. He was educated at the Maryland Park High School and then proceeded to the University of Maryland from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1939 and a Bachelor of Laws from the National University School of Law in 1939. He married Jean Deloris Feaga on July 11, 1942, and together had three children. Later he trained for the priesthood at the Virginia Theological Seminary and graduated with a Master of Divinity in 1948. The Virginia seminary awarded him a Doctor of Divinity in 1972. [1]

Ordained ministry

Baden was ordained deacon on December 23, 1947, by Bishop Noble C. Powell of Maryland in Trinity Church, Towson, Maryland. [2] He was then ordained priest by the same bishop in December 1948. He served in Trinity Church, Towson, Maryland from 1946 till 1948 and then became rector of St James' Church in Monkton, Maryland and St James' Mission in Parkton, Maryland. In 1958 he became Diocesan Missioner and Executive Secretary of the Department of Missions of the Diocese of Virginia, a post he retained till 1962. Subsequently, between 1959 and 1962, he also served as Archdeacon of Virginia. He served as rector of Frederick Parish responsible of Christ Church and St Paul's-on-the-Hill in Winchester, Virginia between 1962 and 1973. [3]

Bishop

Baden was elected Bishop of Northern Michigan on January 8, 1964, on the seventh ballot, however he declined the election. [4] He was then elected Suffragan Bishop of Virginia in 1973, which he accepted. He was consecrated on June 30, 1973, in Washington National Cathedral by Bishop Robert F. Gibson Jr. of Virginia. [5] During his time as bishop he was involved in assisting Anglican churches in Tanzania and Uganda, when in fact he visited Tanzania in 1975. He retired in 1979.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edward T. Helfenstein</span> American bishop

Edward Trail Helfenstein was the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, serving in that capacity from 1929 till 1943.

John James Gravatt Jr was the second Bishop of Upper South Carolina in The Episcopal Church.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Walter H. Gray</span> American bishop

Walter Henry Gray was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut from 1951 to 1969. He had served previously as suffragan from 1940 to 1945 and coadjutor from 1945 to 1951.

Walter Maydole Higley was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York, serving from 1960 to 1969.

Albert Wiencke Van Duzer was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, serving from 1973 to 1982.

Alfred Lothian Banyard was seventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, serving from 1955 to 1973.

William Bradford Turner Hastings was suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut from his election in 1981 until his retirement in 1986.

William Harvey "Dub" Wolfrum was a suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado from 1981 to 1988, serving subsequently in the Navajoland Area Mission.

Frank Harris Vest, Jr. was the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, serving from 1991 to 1998.

Robert Ronald Gepert was eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan, serving from 2002 to 2013.

William Loftin Hargrave was suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Florida, serving from 1961 to 1969. He served subsequently as first bishop of the new Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida from 1969 to 1975.

Samuel Blackwell Chilton was a suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, serving from 1960 to 1969.

David Colin Jones is an American prelate who was a suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, serving from 1995 to 2012.

Henry Irving Louttit Sr. was bishop of South Florida and Central Florida in The Episcopal Church. His son, Henry I. Louttit, Jr., was also a bishop.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Kendall Gilbert</span> American bishop

Charles Kendall Gilbert was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, serving from 1947 to 1950. He served as suffragan from 1930 to 1946. He retired in 1950.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">A. Theodore Eastman</span> American Espiscopal bishop

Albert Theodore "Ted" Eastman was an American prelate who served as the twelfth Bishop of Maryland from 1986 to 1994.

Edwin Funsten Gulick Jr., known as Ted Gulick, was the seventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky, and since 2011 has served as assistant bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, with special responsibility for pastoral ministry.

John Long Jackson was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana from 1940 to 1948.

Frank Clayton Matthews is an American prelate who served as Suffragan Bishop of Virginia between 1993 and 1998 and later as Director of the Office of Pastoral Development.

Kenneth Lester Price Jr. is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church, who served as Suffragan Bishop of Southern Ohio between 1994 and 2012, and Provisional Bishop of Pittsburgh between 2009 and 2012. Since 2015, he has served as Assistant Bishop of Southern Ohio.

References

  1. ↑ "BADEN, John Alfred". Stowe's Clerical Directory of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: 12. 1947.
  2. ↑ "Ordinations". The Living Church . 116 (12): 23. 21 March 1948.
  3. ↑ "John Alfred Baden". The Episcopal Church Annual: 235. 1974.
  4. ↑ "Bishop-elect Baden". The Living Church . 148: 4. 26 January 1964.
  5. ↑ "Bishop Baden Dies in Virginia". The Living Church . 187: 6. 10 July 1983.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.