Herbert Shipman
The Right Reverend Herbert Shipman D.D. | |
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| Suffragan Bishop of New York | |
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| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | New York |
| Elected | May 12, 1921 |
| In office | 1921–1930 |
| Successor | Charles Kendall Gilbert |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | March 17, 1895 by Henry C. Potter |
| Consecration | November 30, 1921 by Daniel S. Tuttle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 3, 1869 |
| Died | March 23, 1930 (aged 60) New York City, New York, United States |
| Buried | West Point Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Jacob Shaw Shipman & Ann Louise Gold |
| Spouse |
Julie Fay Bradley (m. 1889) |
Herbert Shipman (August 3, 1869 - March 23, 1930)Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews.[2]
Early life and education
Shipman was born in Lexington, Kentucky, on August 3, 1869, the son of the Reverend Jacob Shaw Shipman and Ann Louise Gold.[1] he is also a descendant of Theodore Sedgwick. He studied at Columbia University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1890. He then served as a teacher at Trinity School in New York City. After one year, he enrolled at the General Theological Seminary and earned his Bachelor of Divinity in 1894. In 1920, he was awarded a Doctor of Divinity from George Washington University.[3]
Ordained ministry
In 1896, Shipman was ordained deacon and in 1895 as priest by Bishop
WWI, he also served as chaplain of the 104th Field Artillery, a post he retained till 1918, after becoming senior chaplain of the District of Paris and of the First Army Corps in France. In 1919, he once more resumed his post as rector of the Church of the Heavenly Rest.[5]
Bishop
Shipman was elected Suffragan Bishop of New York in 1921, serving under
References
- ^ a b c "Bishop Shipman Dies Suddenly in Home". The New York Times. March 24, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
- ^ "Herbert Shipman". The Living Church. 65: 107. 1921.
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XVIII. James T. White & Company. 1922. p. 72. Retrieved December 27, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Herbert Shipman D.D.". The Living Church: 99–100. 1922.
- ^ "The Late Bishop Shipman honored at West Point". Assembly. 8–9: 14. 1049.
- ^ The Living Church Annual, 1944, pgs. 386-387
- ^ Plunkett, John. "Bishop Herbert Shipman Dies at New York Home", The Cornell Daily Sun, Ithaca, NY, March 24, 1930. Retrieved on April 29, 2020.