Milton L. Wood
The Right Reverend Milton LeGrand Wood D.D. | |
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Suffragan Bishop of Atlanta | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Atlanta |
Elected | April 4, 1967 |
In office | 1967–1974 |
Orders | |
Ordination | August 24, 1946 by Charles Carpenter |
Consecration | June 19, 1967 by John E. Hines |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | July 16, 2015 Montgomery, Alabama, United States | (aged 92)
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Milton LeGrand & Roberta Owen Hawkins |
Spouse | Ann Linwood Scott (m. 1949) |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | Sewanee: The University of the South |
Milton LeGrand Wood III (August 21, 1922 – July 16, 2015) was a
suffragan in the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
from 1967 to 1974.
Background
Wood was born in Selma, Alabama, on August 21, 1922, to Milton Wood Sr. and Roberta Hawkins Wood. He attended the
University of the South, receiving his bachelor's degree and later his Master of Divinity, graduating in 1945. Bishop Carpenter of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama ordained him as a deacon on November 18, 1945, in St. John's Episcopal Church (Montgomery, Alabama), and later as a priest
on August 24, 1946. In 1949, Milton Wood married Ann Scott.
In 1963, Bishop
suffragan to assist Bishop Claiborne. He served in that capacity until 1974 when he was called to New York City to serve as the executive for administration at the Episcopal Church Center. He retired in 1984 and died in 2015 at Montgomery, Alabama at the age of 92.[1]
Consecrators
- Episcopal Church USA
N.B.:
Episcopal Church
.
References
- Atlanta Diocese Centennial History page on Bishop Wood.
- The Episcopal Church Annual. Morehouse Publishing: New York, NY (2005).
Notes
- ^ "RIP: Former Diocese of Atlanta Bishop Suffragan Milton LeGrand Wood Archived 2016-05-28 at the Wayback Machine", Episcopal News Service, 07-21-2015, retrieved 07-28-2015.