Bertram Herlong
The Right Reverend Bertram Nelson Herlong D.D., D.Min. | |
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Bishop of Tennessee | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Tennessee |
Elected | January 10, 1993 |
In office | 1993–2007 |
Predecessor | George Lazenby Reynolds |
Successor | John C. Bauerschmidt |
Orders | |
Ordination | March 13, 1961 by Edward Hamilton West |
Consecration | June 26, 1993 by Edmond L. Browning |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | October 21, 2011 Nashville, Tennessee, United States | (aged 77)
Buried | St. John's Episcopal Church (Ashwood, Tennessee) |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Benjamin D. Herlong & Ava T. Phillips |
Spouse | Barbara Ann Vickers |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Florida |
Bertram Nelson Herlong (October 16, 1934 - October 21, 2011) was the tenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee.
Early life
He was born in
Ministry
After the death of his brother, George, Herlong was called to the ministry and enrolled at the
Herlong's ministry began at Church of the Epiphany in
Herlong earned a
He became Dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Detroit) in 1979. The affiliated school was named The Herlong Cathedral School in his honor in 1993. In 1988, he was a candidate in the episcopal election of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida before being elected bishop of the Diocese of Tennessee on January 30, 1993. He was consecrated on June 26, 1993 and awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree in 1993.
Herlong's principal consecrators were
- Edmond L. Browning, Presiding Bishop
- Charlie F. McNutt
- Peter James Lee
Episcopacy
He was succeeded as diocesan bishop by John Crawford Bauerschmidt, eleventh Bishop of Tennessee, who was consecrated on January 27, 2007.
Herlong was a member of the Board of Directors of The Living Church Foundation and episcopal visitor of the Community of Saint Mary, Southern Province. He was considered a leader among conservatives in the Episcopal Church (United States) and made strong efforts to move many of the Tennessee diocese's parishes and missions in that direction during his episcopate, especially in the field of church planting. Controversy over social and theological issues in the larger Episcopal Church colored much of his legacy, particularly in the latter years of the episcopate and after his retirement, as the Diocese encountered extreme and unusual difficulty in electing a successor to him.
References
- ^ a b c Obituary - Rt. Reverend Dr. Bertram Nelson Herlong The Tennessean, October 22, 2011