Chuck Murphy (bishop)
Anglican Church of Congo (2011-2012) Anglican Mission in the Americas (2012-2018) | |
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| Orders | |
| Consecration | January 29, 2000 by Emmanuel Kolini |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Hurt Murphy III December 6, 1947 Decatur, Alabama, United States |
| Died | January 8, 2018 (aged 70) Pawleys Island, South Carolina |
Charles Hurt Murphy III (December 6, 1947 – January 8, 2018) was an American bishop. He was the missionary bishop, bishop ordinary and chairman of the Anglican Mission in the Americas, the former missionary wing of the Anglican Church of Rwanda in the United States and Canada, since its origin in 2000. He was married for more than 40 years and had three adult daughters. He came from a family of Episcopal priests, being the son, brother and brother-in-law of priests.
Murphy was born in
He served in several congregations in the United States, until being called to serve as rector of All Saints' Church in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, in 1982, where he would stay for more than 20 years.
A traditionalist Episcopalian, he opposed the more liberal tendencies of Anglicanism in North America. He convened and chaired the First Promise Movement in 1997, which issued the document "The First Promise" which "declared the authority of the Episcopal Church to be 'fundamentally impaired' because they no longer upheld the 'truth of the gospel'".[
Murphy retired in December 2013 and was replaced by Bishop Philip Jones.[3] He died on January 8, 2018, of brain cancer.[4]
References
- ^ The Right Reverend Charkes Hurt Murphy-obituary
- ^ Bishop Chuck Murphy Biography Archived April 15, 2013, at archive.today
- ^ Bishop Philip Jones to be Next Apostolic Vicar, AMiA website, March 2013 Archived April 15, 2013, at archive.today
- ^ "Bishop Chuck Murphy dies, A Living Text, 9 January 2018". Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.