Harry W. Shipps

The Right Reverend

Harry Woolston Shipps

D.D.
The Right Reverend; Harry Woolston Shipps; D.D.
Paul Reeves
Successor	Henry I. Louttit
Orders
Ordination	January 17, 1959; by Alfred L. Banyard
Consecration	January 6, 1984; by John Allin
Personal details
Born	January 28, 1926; Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Died	November 17, 2016 (aged 90); Savannah, Georgia, United States
Buried	St Paul's Church, Savannah, Georgia
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Louise Huntington
Children	4
Previous post(s)	Coadjutor Bishop of Georgia (1984-1985)

Harry Woolston Shipps (January 28, 1926 – November 17, 2016) was the eighth

Episcopal Church in the United States of America

(ECUSA).

Early life and career

Shipps was born in Bordentown, New Jersey and graduated in 1942 from William MacFarland High School.^[1] In 1946 Shipps graduated from the New York State Maritime Academy.

Commissioned as an officer in the

Grace Line Steamship Company. He was recalled to active duty during the Korean War and assigned to a naval facility in Savannah, Georgia, but later sailed on ships in the North Atlantic. On May 16, 1953, he married Louise Huntington Rosenberger.^[2]

Ministry

After his military discharge, Shipps attended the

School of Theology at The University of the South and received his B.D. degree there in 1958. That same year, on May 20, he was ordained as a transitional deacon by Bishop Albert R. Stuart. He was ordained to the priesthood on January 17, 1959, by Bishop Alfred L. Banyard. Shipps served in parish ministry in Albany, Savannah and Augusta, Georgia

.

He also served the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, before his election as Bishop, as diocesan secretary, editor of the diocesan newspaper, on diocesan council, member and president of the standing committee and as a deputy to three General Conventions. He was the Dean of the Augusta Convocation at the time of his election. Shipps was elected bishop coadjutor on September 15, 1983, on 11th round of balloting from a field of 35 nominees.

Episcopacy

Shipps was consecrated as the eighth

Assembly of God minister, Stan White, lead his independent congregation to join the Episcopal Church en masse and as Christ the King Church, Valdosta, became a congregation in the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia.^[3] During his episcopacy, women were first ordained in the Diocese of Georgia. He was succeeded by Henry I. Louttit

.

Shipps died on November 17, 2016.[4]

References

^ Bishop Harry Woolston Shipps Alumni Hall of Fame, Bordentown Regional High School. Accessed February 14, 2020. "Bishop Harry Woolston Shipps graduated from William MacFarland H.S. in 1942."
^ The Living Church (Dec. 11, 2016) pp. 9-10
^ Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: Third Edition, by Randall Balmer Oxford University Press, 2000.
^ "RIP: Former Diocese of Georgia Bishop Harry Woolston Shipps". episcopaldigitalnetwork.com. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.

Sources

[1] Bishop Harry Woolston Shipps Alumni Hall of Fame, Bordentown Regional High School. Accessed February 14, 2020. "Bishop Harry Woolston Shipps graduated from William MacFarland H.S. in 1942."

[2] The Living Church (Dec. 11, 2016) pp. 9-10

[3] Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: Third Edition, by Randall Balmer Oxford University Press, 2000.

[4] "RIP: Former Diocese of Georgia Bishop Harry Woolston Shipps". episcopaldigitalnetwork.com. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.

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