Edward Melville Parker (July 11, 1855 - October 22, 1925) was a bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States.

The Right Reverend

Edward Melville Parker

D.D., D.C.L.
Bishop of New Hampshire
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseNew Hampshire
In office1914–1925
PredecessorWilliam Woodruff Niles
SuccessorJohn T. Dallas
Previous post(s)Coadjutor Bishop of New Hampshire (1906-1914)
Orders
Ordination1881
by William Woodruff Niles
ConsecrationFebruary 9, 1906
by William Woodruff Niles
Personal details
BornJuly 11, 1855
DiedOctober 22, 1925(1925-10-22) (aged 70)
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
BuriedBlossom Hill and Calvary Cemeteries
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsHenry Melville Parker & Fanny Cushing Stone
SpouseGrace M. Elmendorf
Isabella Goodrich

Biography

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Education

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He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of Henry Melville Parker and Fanny Cushing (Stone) Parker.[1] He was educated at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire (1868-1874), and at Keble College, Oxford, England (B.A. 1878; M.A. 1881). He received a D.D. from the Berkeley Divinity School in 1906, and a D.C.L. from the Bishop's College (now Bishop's University) in Lennoxville, Quebec, in 1907.[2]

Career

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He was ordained deacon in 1879 and priest in 1881. From 1879 to 1906, he was master of St. Paul's School. He was made bishop coadjutor of New Hampshire in 1906 and was bishop from 1914 until 1925, when he died suddenly during the General Convention of the church.[3][4]

Marriage

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He married Grace Elmendorf of Racine, Wisconsin, in 1885. She died in 1888.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Parker, Edward Melville". Stowe's Clerical Directory of the American Church: 225. 1917.
  2. ^ Marquis Who's Who (1960). Who was who in America, p. 507. Marquis Who's Who, Berkeley Heights, NJ.
  3. ^ "Parker, Edward Melville". The Churchman. 92: 13. 1905.
  4. ^ TIME (1925-11-02). "At New Orleans". TIME. Retrieved 2024-06-16.