Nelson Burroughs

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Nelson Marigold Burroughs

D.D., S.T.D.
Bishop of Ohio
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese Ohio
AppointedMay 19, 1949
In office1952–1967
Predecessor Beverley Dandridge Tucker
Successor John H. Burt
Orders
OrdinationDecember 1925
by  Charles Fiske
ConsecrationNovember 16, 1949
by  Henry St. George Tucker
Personal details
Born(1899-07-12)July 12, 1899
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States
DiedDecember 19, 1998(1998-12-19) (aged 99)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
BuriedSeaside Cemetery, Chatham, Massachusetts
Denomination Anglican
Spouse
Ann Bywater Cluett
​
(m. 1938)​
Children4
Previous post(s)Coadjutor Bishop of Ohio (1949-1952)
Education Berkeley Divinity School
Alma mater Wesleyan University

Nelson Marigold Burroughs (July 12, 1899 - December 19, 1998) was an American prelate of the Episcopal Church, who served as Bishop of Ohio from 1952 to 1967.

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Early life and education

Burroughs was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on July 12, 1899, the son of Robert Nelson Burroughs and Lillian May Dunworth. He studied at the Wesleyan University, where he earned his undergraduate Bachelor of Arts in 1922. He also studied at Berkeley Divinity School and graduated with a Bachelor of Sacred Theology in 1925. [1] He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity from Wesleyan University in 1942 and a Doctor of Sacred Theology from Berkeley Divinity School in 1950. He married Ann Bywater Cluett on December 28, 1938, and together had four children. [2]

Ordained ministry

Burroughs was ordained deacon in May 1925 by Bishop Chauncey B. Brewster of Connecticut, and priest in December 1925 by Bishop Charles Fiske of Central New York. [3] He served as assistant at St Paul's Church in Syracuse, New York between 1925 and 1927, before becoming rector of St Mark's Church in [[Syracuse, New York in 1927. [4] In 1930, he became rector of St John's Church in Troy, New York, and in 1939, rector of Christ Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained until 1949.[ citation needed ]

Bishop

On May 19, 1949, during a special diocesan convention, Burroughs was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Ohio. He was consecrated on November 16, 1949, by Presiding Bishop Henry St. George Tucker. [5] He succeeded as diocesan bishop in 1952 and remained until his retirement in 1967.

During that time he founded 19 congregations and the construction of 36 church buildings. Burroughs died on December 19, 1998, in his hotel room while in Boston to attend the annual Christmas Carol Service at Trinity Church. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "BURROUGHS, NELSON MARIGOLD". Religious Leaders of America. 2: 170. 1942.
  2. ↑ "BURROUGHS, NELSON MARIGOLD", Case Western Reserve University . Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  3. ↑ "BURROUGHS, Nelson Marigold". Stowe's Clerical Directory of the American Episcopal Church: 52. 1953.
  4. ↑ "BURROUGHS, NELSON MARIGOLD". Who's Who in the Clergy. 1: 177. 1935.
  5. ↑ "Dr, N. M. Burroughs Elected Coadjutor of Ohio". Stowe's Clerical Directory of the American Episcopal Church. 118 (22): 3. May 29, 1949.
  6. ↑ "Bishop Burroughs of Ohio Dies", The Living Church , February 14, 1999. Retrieved November 17, 2020.


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