Charles Sumner Burch
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| Charles Sumner Burch | |
|---|---|
 Burch cropped from team portrait of 1875 University of Michigan baseball team | |
| Born |
June 30, 1855 Pinckney, Michigan |
| Died |
December 20, 1920 New York, New York |
Charles Sumner Burch (1854, Pinckney, Michigan – 1920, New York City) was an American Protestant Episcopal clergyman.
He was graduated from the University of Michigan, and entered the publishing business in Chicago. From 1897 to 1905 he was editor of the Grand Rapids' Evening Press. He had taken deacon's orders in 1895 and was ordained priest in 1905.
After being rector of Saint Andrew's, Staten Island, New York City, for six years he was consecrated suffragan bishop of New York in 1911. He succeeded David Hummell Greer as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Arthur Selden Lloyd (1921). "Sermon in Memory of the Right Reverend Charles Sumner Burch, D. D., LL. D. Ninth Bishop of New York Preached in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine at the Opening Service of the Special Convention of the Diocese of New York on Wednesday, January 26, 1921".
- ↑ American biography: A New Cyclopedia, Volume 9. The American Historical Society, Inc. 1921. pp. 73–76.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Moore, F., eds. (1905). "article name needed". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
| Episcopal Church (USA) titles | ||
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| Preceded by David H. Greer |
Bishop of New York 1919–1920 |
Succeeded by William T. Manning |
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