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John Gardner Murray

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The Most Reverend

John Gardner Murray
16th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseMaryland
ElectedOctober 1925
In office1926–1929
PredecessorEthelbert Talbot
SuccessorCharles P. Anderson
Other post(s)Bishop of Maryland (1911-1929)
Previous post(s)Coadjutor Bishop of Maryland (1909-1911)
Orders
OrdinationApril 16, 1894
by Richard Hooker Wilmer
ConsecrationSeptember 29, 1909
by William Paret
Personal details
Born(1857-08-31)August 31, 1857
Lonaconing, Maryland, United States
DiedOctober 3, 1929(1929-10-03) (aged 72)
New York City, New York, United States
BuriedDruid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Maryland
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican (prev. Methodist Episcopal Church)
ParentsJames Murray & Ann Kirkwood
SpouseHarriett May Sprague (m. 1881)
Clara Alice Hunsicker (m. 1899)
Children5

John Gardner Murray (August 31, 1857 – October 3, 1929) was the sixteenth presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church. He was the first person elected to the position rather than succeeding to it automatically as the oldest bishop when his predecessor died.

Early and family life

Murray was born in Lonaconing, Allegany County. His parents were both born in Scotland. The public schools of Lonaconing provided his early education. He attended the Wyoming Seminary in Pennsylvania and Drew Theological Seminary in New Jersey.[1]

Murray's education was interrupted by the death of his father. He worked in mining and manufacturing from 1879 to 1892 in Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Alabama. During these years, he kept active in serving his church. In 1881, he married Harriet M. Sprague. They married in Kansas and took up residence in Alabama. Their daughter Emeline was born there. In 1884, Mrs. Murray and Emeline drowned when the steamer Belmont capsized on the Ohio River during a cyclone. Five years later, Murray married Clara A. Hunsicker, of the same town in Kansas. Six children were born to this marriage.[1]

Ministry

From 1893 onward, Murray devoted his career to church ministry. By April 1894, he was ordained a priest of the Episcopal Church in Selma, Alabama. He ministered in Alabama until 1903 when he moved to Baltimore, Maryland.[1] In 1911, a convention of the Diocese of Maryland elected Rev. Murray to succeed Bishop William Paret.[2]

Bishop Murray became the first elected Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church,[3] serving from January 1, 1926, until his death on October 3, 1929. He proposed "Pay, Pray, and Perform" as a possible slogan for the church.[4] Bishop Murray was the 16th Presiding Bishop. Previous bishops had been assigned by convention by geographic rotation (1st through 3rd) or by seniority as a bishop (4th through 15th).

Death and legacy

He died in office in New York City in 1929, and is buried in Druid Ridge Cemetery in Pikesville, Baltimore County, Maryland.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Williams, T. j. c.; McKinsey, Folger (1979) [1910], History of Frederick County, Maryland, vol. 1, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, p. 773, ISBN 9780806379739
  2. ^ "John Gardner Murray", Inventory of the Church Archives of Maryland: Protestant Episcopal: Diocese of Maryland, 1940. Retrieved on 22 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Murray, John Gardner", Episcopal Church. Retrieved on 22 November 2019.
  4. ^ TIME (1925-11-02). "At New Orleans". TIME. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  5. ^ Murray, John Gardner, D.D., vol. 1, Baltimore, Maryland: Morehouse-Gorham Company, 1931 [1931], pp. 75–76
Episcopal Church (USA) titles
Preceded by 16th Presiding Bishop
January 1, 1926 – October 3, 1929 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Maryland
1911–1929 		Succeeded by


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