John Pares Craine

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John Pares Craine

D.D.
Bishop of Indianapolis
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese Indianapolis
ElectedDecember 4, 1956
In office1959–1977
Predecessor Richard A. Kirchhoffer
Successor Edward W. Jones
Orders
OrdinationApril 1936
by  Warren Lincoln Rogers
ConsecrationApril 29, 1957
by  Richard A. Kirchhoffer
Personal details
Born(1911-06-28)June 28, 1911
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
DiedDecember 24, 1977(1977-12-24) (aged 66)
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Buried Crown Hill Cemetery
Denomination Anglican
ParentsJohn Lee Craine & Hilda B. Wright
SpouseEsther Judson Strong
Children3
Previous post(s)Coadjutor Bishop of Indianapolis (1957-1959)
Alma mater Kenyon College

John Pares Craine (June 28, 1911 - December 24, 1977) was the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Indianapolis in The Episcopal Church, serving from 1959 until his death on Christmas Eve in 1977, shortly before his scheduled retirement. [1] He supported the ordination of women. [2]

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Early life and education

Carine was born in Cleveland, Ohio on June 28, 1911, to John Lee Craine and Hilda B. Wright. [3] He was educated at the public schools of Geneva, Ohio. He then studied at Kenyon College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1932. He then read for a Bachelor of Divinity at Bexley Hall, which he earned in 1935. He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity from Kenyon College in 1952, and another from Wabash College in 1975. Craine married Esther Judson Strong on May 31, 1940, and together had three children. [4]

Ordained ministry

Craine was ordained deacon in October 1935, and priest in April 1936, on both occasions by Bishop Warren Lincoln Rogers of Ohio. [5] He served as a student minister at St Mark's Church in Cleveland, Ohio between 1934 and 1935, and then as minister-in-charge of St Philip's Church in Cleveland, Ohio between 1935 and 1936. [6] He was also curate of Trinity Church in Santa Barbara, California from 1936 till 1938. In 1938, he became rector of Trinity Church in Oakland, California, while in 1941, he became a canon of the cathedral chapter of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Between 1944 and 1950, he was rector of Trinity Church in Seattle. Between 1950 and 1957, he served as rector of Christ Church Cathedral in Indianapolis, and then also as dean from 1953, till 1957. [7]

Bishop

On December 4, 1956, Craine was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Indianapolis at a special diocesan convention. He was consecrated in the Scottish Rite Cathedral on April 29, 1957 by the Bishop of Indianapolis Richard A. Kirchhoffer. [8] He then succeeded as diocesan bishop in 1959, remaining in office till his death in December 1977. Craine had been among the 67 bishops who sponsored the General Convention resolution to allow women to be ordained in the Episcopal Church.

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References

  1. ↑ Booth, Joyce Marks (1988). A History of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis, 1838-1988. Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing. p. 115.
  2. ↑ Lantzer, Jason S. (2012). Mainline Christianity: The Past and Future of America's Majority Faith. New York: NYU Press. p. 60. ISBN   9780814753309. Bishop John Craine, a man respected by both liberals and conservatives within his denomination and diocese, was a supporter of female ordination.
  3. ↑ "CRAINE, John Pares". Who's Who in United States Politics and American Political Almanac: 193. 1963.
  4. ↑ "CRAINE, JOHN PARES". Who's Who in Religion 1977-78: 139. 1977.
  5. ↑ "CRAINE, John Pares". Stowe's Clerical Directory of the American Episcopal Church: 80. 1953.
  6. ↑ "The Rt. Rev. John Pares Craine (549)". The Episcopal Church Annual: 413. 1958.
  7. ↑ "CRAINE , JOHN PARES". Who's Who in the Midwest. 16: 148. 1978.
  8. ↑ "Very Rev. John P. Craine Consecrated Coadjutor of Diocese of Indianapolis". The Living Church . 134: 6. 19 May 1957.
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