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The Right Reverend

James Malone Coleman
Anglican
ParentsFrederick L. Coleman Sr., Doris Cloar Jacobs
SpouseMary Carter Hughes (m. 1959; d. 2004)
Emily Douglass Stewart (m. 2005)
ChildrenFrederick James Coleman, Finley Carter Coleman, Jonathan Dorris Cloar Coleman
Previous post(s)Coadjutor Bishop of West Tennessee (1993-1994)

James Malone Coleman (August 26, 1929 – May 4, 2020) was second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee. Coleman was the first bishop of any Tennessee diocese to actually be born inside the state itself.

Early life and education

Coleman was born on August 26, 1929, in

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in 1974, and a Doctor of Ministry in pastoral theology from Wake Forest University
in 1975.

Ordained ministry

Coleman was ordained deacon on July 3, 1956, by Bishop

Atlanta area. He remained there till 1962, when he accepted the post of rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Knoxville, Tennessee, and rector of St. John's Church in Johnson City, Tennessee.[2] In 1972 he became rector of Christ Church in Martinsville, Virginia, and in 1975 transferred to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to serve as rector of St. James' Church. Between 1989 and 1993, Coleman served as rector of St. John's Church in Memphis, Tennessee.[3]

Bishop

Coleman was elected to be the Coadjutor Bishop of West Tennessee on June 19, 1993, on the 11th ballot, during a special diocesan convention.

Montessori-based Christian education program at St. Mary's Cathedral. He retired in June 2001.[6]

In 2005, Coleman returned to Baton Rouge and St. James' Church, where he served as bishop-in-residence (an honorary title) until his death in 2020.[7] Following his death, the St. James Episcopal Church Vestry voted to adopt a resolution renaming the Parish Hall Parlor the Coleman Hall in honor of his legacy of transformational leadership. In doing so, they noted that the space stands at the heart of the congregation's communal life together, making it fitting to rename it after a rector who helped build up the St. James community.

References

  1. ^ "Deacons". The Living Church. 157: 133. 2 September 1956.
  2. ^ "West Tennessee Completes Election of Bishop Coadjutor". The Living Church. 207: 7. 11 July 1993.
  3. ^ Former West Tennessee Bishop Dies
  4. ISBN 1557930554
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  5. ^ "The Diocese of West Tennessee". The Living Church. 209: 12. 11 December 1994.
  6. ^ The Rt. Rev. James Malone Coleman
  7. ^ "RIP: The Rt. Rev. James Malone Coleman, second bishop of the Diocese of West Tennessee", Episcopal News Service.
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