John Allin
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John Maury Allin (April 22, 1921 - March 6, 1998) was the 23rd presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.
Biography
He was born in Helena, Arkansas. He graduated from the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee, and its divinity school, then called St. Luke's Seminary, in 1945. He earned a Master of Education degree in 1962 from Mississippi College. He was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church in 1944 and a priest in 1945. He was elected Bishop of the Diocese of Mississippi in 1961 and served until he was elected Presiding Bishop in 1974. He retired in 1985.[1]
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Preceded by John Elbridge Hines |
23rd Presiding Bishop June 1, 1974 – December 31, 1985 |
Succeeded by Edmond Lee Browning |
Preceded by Duncan Montgomery Gray, Sr. |
6th Bishop of Mississippi 1961 – 1974 |
Succeeded by Duncan Montgomery Gray, Jr. |
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