John N. McCormick

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The Right Reverend

John Newton McCormick

D.D.
Bishop of Western Michigan
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Church Episcopal Church
Diocese Western Michigan
ElectedDecember 1905
In office1909–1937
Predecessor George D. Gillespie
Successor Lewis Bliss Whittemore
Orders
OrdinationMarch 16, 1894
by  Alfred Magill Randolph
ConsecrationFebruary 14, 1906
by  Daniel S. Tuttle
Personal details
Born(1863-02-01)February 1, 1863
Richmond, Virginia, United States
DiedNovember 26, 1939(1939-11-26) (aged 76)
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
BuriedOakhill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Nationality American
Denomination Anglican
ParentsJohn McCormick & Virginia Newton
SpouseMaud Howard Richards (died 1888)
Bessie Chapman Tucker
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(m. 1889;died 1938)​
Children5
Previous post(s)Coadjutor Bishop of Western Michigan (1906-1909)

John Newton McCormick (February 1, 1863 - November 26, 1939) was bishop of Western Michigan in The Episcopal Church. He was the author of Good News from a Far Country and A Small Part. [1]

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Early life and education

McCormick was born on February 1, 1863, in Richmond, Virginia, the son of John McCormick and Virginia Newton. He studied at the Randolph–Macon College, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Divinity in 1883. [2] He also did some postgraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University between 1886 and 1888. He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity from the University of the South in 1903. On October 9, 1889, he married Bessie Chapman Tucker in Baltimore. [3]

Career

McCormick was ordained deacon in 1883 and priest in 1884 in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He then served as pastor in Frederick, Maryland, between 1884 and 1885, Arlington, Maryland, between 1885 and 1887, Trinity Church in Baltimore between 1888 and 1889, and in Winchester, Virginia, between 1890 and 1891. McCormick then joined the Episcopal Church, being ordained a deacon on December 4, 1893, and priest on March 16, 1894, by the Bishop of Southern Virginia Alfred Magill Randolph. [4]

He served as rector of St Paul’s Church in Suffolk, Virginia, between 1893 and 1895, [5] rector of St Luke’s Church in Atlanta, Georgia, between 1895 and 1898, and rector of St Mark’s Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, between 1898 and 1906. [6]

Bishop

McCormick was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Western Michigan in December 1905, and was consecrated on February 14, 1906, by Presiding Bishop Daniel S. Tuttle. He then succeeded as diocesan bishop on March 19, 1909, retaining the post till his retirement in 1937. [7] McCormick also served as Bishop in charge of the American churches in Europe, represented the war communications of the Episcopal Church in France between 1917 and 1919, and was a major in the American Red Cross, in charge of Red Cross Chaplain’s Bureau. Consequently, he was known as the Bishop of the Trenches. He died of heart disease in his home in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on November 26, 1939. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ McCormick, John Newton (1934). A Small Part. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Morehouse Publishing.
  2. ↑ Case, Herbert Spalding (1936). "MCCORMICK, JOHN NEWTON". The Official Who's who in Michigan. Vol. 1. p. 253.
  3. ↑ "McCORMICK, Rt. Rev. John Newton". Stowe's Clerical Directory of the American Church. 1920. p. 172.
  4. ↑ "MCCORMICK, JOHN NEWTON". The Episcopal Church Annual. 1907. p. 67.
  5. ↑ Schwarz, Julius Caesar (1936). "MCCORMICK, JOHN NEWTON". Religious Leaders of America. Vol. 1. p. 765.
  6. ↑ "MCCORMICK, JOHN NEWTON". Who's who in the Clergy. Vol. 1. 1935. p. 765.
  7. ↑ "John Newton McCormick". The Michigan Churchman. 1938. p. 9.
  8. ↑ "BISHOP M'CORMICK, WORLD WAR FIGURE; 'Bishop of the Trenches' to A.E.F. Troops in France Dies in Grand Rapids at 76", New York Times , 27 November 1939, New York, NY. Retrieved on 30 December 2020.


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