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Charles Sumner Burch

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The Right Reverend

Charles Sumner Burch

D.D., L.H.D., LL.D.
9th Bishop of New York
Burch in 1919
ChurchEpiscopal Church
ElectedSeptember 17, 1919
In office1919–1920
PredecessorDavid H. Greer
SuccessorWilliam T. Manning
Previous post(s)Suffragan Bishop of New York (1911-1919)
Orders
Ordination1905
by David H. Greer
ConsecrationFebruary 24, 1911
by David H. Greer
Personal details
BornJune 30, 1855
DiedDecember 20, 1920(1920-12-20) (aged 65)
New York City, US
BuriedCathedral of St. John the Divine
DenominationAnglican
SpouseMargaret Hadley (m.1878)
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Michigan

Charles Sumner Burch (June 30, 1855 – December 20, 1920) was an American Protestant Episcopal clergyman who served as Bishop of New York from 1919 till his death in 1920.

Biography

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Burch at University of Michigan, 1875

He graduated from the University of Michigan, and entered the publishing business in Chicago. From 1897 to 1905 he was an editor for the Grand Rapids' Evening Press. He had taken deacon's orders in 1895 and was ordained as a priest in 1905.

He was ordained to the Diaconate in 1895 by Bishop McLaren, and to the Priesthood in 1905 by Bishop Greer. After being rector of Saint Andrew's, Staten Island, New York City, for six years he was consecrated as a suffragan bishop of New York in 1911. He succeeded David Hummell Greer as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Arthur Selden Lloyd (1921). "Sermon in Memory of the Right Reverend Charles Sumner Burch, D. D., LL. D. Ninth Bishop of New York Preached in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine at the Opening Service of the Special Convention of the Diocese of New York on Wednesday, January 26, 1921".
  2. ^ American biography: A New Cyclopedia, Volume 9. The American Historical Society, Inc. 1921. pp. 73–76.
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Episcopal Church (USA) titles
Preceded by Bishop of New York
1919–1920
Succeeded by