Rogers Israel

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The Right Reverend

Rogers Israel

D.D.
Bishop of Erie
The Rt. Rev. Rogers Israel.jpg
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese Erie
ElectedNovember 16, 1910
In office1911–1921
Successor John C. Ward
Orders
OrdinationNovember 9, 1886
by  Cortlandt Whitehead
ConsecrationFebruary 24, 1911
by  Cortlandt Whitehead
Personal details
Born(1854-09-14)September 14, 1854
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
DiedJanuary 11, 1921(1921-01-11) (aged 66)
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
Buried Erie Cemetery
Nationality American
Denomination Anglican
ParentsThomas Beale Israel & Elizabeth Rogers Hiss
SpouseSara Francis Graham

Rogers Israel (September 14, 1854 - January 11, 1921) was an American prelate who served as the first Bishop of Erie, from 1911 to 1921.

Biography

Israel was born on September 14, 1854, in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Thomas Beale Israel and Elizabeth Rogers Hiss. He was educated in private schools and later studied at Dickinson College from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1881. He also earned his Master of Arts a year later from the same college and was awarded a Doctor of Divinity in 1900. [1]

He was ordained deacon by Bishop Gregory T. Bedell of Ohio on November 11, 1885, and became assistant at Trinity Church in Cleveland, Ohio. [2] On November 9, 1886, he was ordained priest by Bishop Cortlandt Whitehead of Pittsburgh, and became rector of Christ Church in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He then became rector of St Luke's Church in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1892, a post he retained until 1910. [3]

In 1910 he was elected the first Bishop of the newly created Diocese of Erie and was consecrated on February 24, 1911, in St Luke's Church, Scranton, Pennsylvania, by Cortlandt Whitehead, Bishop of Pittsburgh. He died in office, on January 11, 1921, in Erie, Pennsylvania, due to shingles. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Death of the Bishop of Eire". The Living Church . 64: 349. 1920.
  2. ↑ Miller, J. W. (1909). History of the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, 1871-1909: And the Diocese of Harrisburg, 1904-1909, Volume 1, p. 265. Cornell University Library, Ithaca, NY.
  3. ↑ "Israel, Rogers, D.D.", The Living Church Annual, 1922. Retrieved on 30 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "BISHOP ROGERS ISRAEL DEAD; Head of Episcopal Diocese of Erie a Victim of Shingles", The Guardian , London, 12 January 1921. Retrieved on 30 November 2019.


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