Edwin M. Leidel Jr.

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The Right Reverend

Edwin Max Leidel

D.Min., D.D.
University of Wisconsin

Edwin Max "Ed"

Provisional Bishop of Eau Claire from 2010 to 2013.[3]

Biography

A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Leidel became an ordained deacon at Christ Episcopal Church in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin in 1963.[4][5] The following year, Leidel became an ordained priest at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Chapel, Guildhall, and Rectory in Racine, Wisconsin and was commissioned an officer and military chaplain in the United States Navy Reserve. From 1967 to 1970, he served as a rector at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Racine. In 1970, he returned to Christ Episcopal Church in Whitefish Bay.

From 1975 to 1986, Leidel was a rector at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in

Indianapolis, Indiana. However, he spent a year of that time in Darwin, Northern Territory, in Australia as Acting Dean of the Anglican cathedral there. In 1986, Leidel became a rector at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Roseville, Minnesota
. In 1990, Leidel completed his Doctor of Ministry Degree at the School of Theology of the University of the South.

From 1996 to 2006, Leidel served as the first bishop of the newly created

Anglican Diocese of Huron
. He was elected to his final position in 2010.

Leidel and his wife, Ira Leidel, resided in Glendale, Wisconsin. He was a published author of two books.

Education

References

  1. ^ Episcopal Church – Edwin M. Leidel Jr. Archived 2016-09-25 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 31 March 2016)
  2. , p. 564.
  3. ^ "The Rt. Rev. Edwin M. Leidel Jr". The Episcopal Church. Archived from the original on 2012-12-10. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  4. ^ Curriculum Vitae-Most Rev. Edwin M. Leidel
  5. ^ "Ed Leidel". Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire. Archived from the original on 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2012-01-23.