The Right Reverend Allen W. Brown (1909–1990) was the fifth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany in the United States from 1961 to 1974, during turbulent times from the 1960s to the drafting of the new Book of Common Prayer.
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Brown graduated from the Philadelphia Divinity School with his degree in divinity.[1] He was ordained a priest in 1934.[1] He worked at several parishes in the diocese of Albany in the 1940s, including in Hudson and Copake Falls,[2] before he become Dean of the Cathedral of All Saints (previously St. Paul's had been the cathedra or see.)[1][3] He was married to the former Helen Belshaw.[1]
Brown was elected Suffragan Bishop of Albany in October 1958,[1] to assist the incumbent bishop Frederick L. Barry.[3][4] He was consecrated on February 22, 1959, at St. John's Church, Ogdensburg, by Presiding Bishop the Most Reverend Arthur C. Lichtenberger.[3] In 1960, Bishop Barry died in a hospital after some time in ill health, and the see was left vacant.[3][4] Brown was elected and consecrated bishop in 1961.[1][4] In 1963, he requested the election of a new Suffragan bishop; Charles Bowen Persell, Jr., his only close competitor in the 1958 race,[3] was thereafter elected.[4]
Bishop Brown travelled widely though the 19-county diocese to confirm parishioners, to ordain priests, and to preach.[5][6]
He retired as bishop in 1974, and died in 1990 at the age of 81.[1][4]
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| Preceded by Frederick L. Barry |
5th Bishop of Albany 1961 – 1974 |
Succeeded by Wilbur Emory Hogg |