John Allin

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]

References

↑ New York Times obituary

Episcopal Church (USA) titles
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.

Presiding Bishops in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America

By seniority	William White Samuel Seabury Samuel Provoost William White Alexander Griswold Philander Chase Thomas Brownell John Hopkins Benjamin Smith Alfred Lee John Williams Thomas Clark Daniel S. Tuttle Alexander Garrett Ethelbert Talbot

By election	John Murray Charles Anderson DeWolf Perry Henry Tucker Henry Sherrill Arthur Lichtenberger John Hines John Allin Edmond Browning Frank Griswold Katharine Jefferts Schori