George Nelson Hunt III (December 6, 1931 – October 23, 2022)[1] was the Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island from 1980 to 1994.[2][3]
The Right Reverend George Nelson Hunt D.D. | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Rhode Island | |
| Church | The Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Rhode Island |
| In office | 1980–1994 |
| Predecessor | Frederick H. Belden |
| Successor | Geralyn Wolf |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1956 |
| Consecration | May 3, 1980 by John Allin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 6, 1931 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | October 23, 2022 (aged 90) Santa Rosa, California, U.S. |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | George Nelson Hunt Jr. & Jessie Mae Alter |
| Spouse | Barbara Noel Plamp |
| Children | 3 |
Early life, education and family
editThe son of George Nelson Hunt Jr. and Jessie Mae Alter Hunt, Hunt was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and attended the University of the South, at Sewanee, Tennessee, where he was awarded a B.A. in 1953. He went on to the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia, where he earned his M.Div. degree and was ordained to the ministry in 1956. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Yale University in 1980 and the University of Rhode Island awarded him an honorary L.H.D. in 1995. In June 1955, he married Barbara Noel Plamp, with whom he had three children.[2]
Career
editIn 1956, he was appointed vicar of Holy Trinity Church in Gillette, Wyoming and in 1957, additionally, he became a priest in charge of St. John's Church in Upton, Wyoming, adding in 1959 the additional responsibilities of the priest in charge of St. Francis Church, Wright, Wyoming. In 1960, he was appointed assistant priest at St. Paul's Church in Oakland, California and was in that post, when in 1962 he was called to be rector of St. Alban's Church, Worland, Wyoming. Remaining there until 1965, he then became rector of St Anselm's Church in Lafayette, California and in 1970, rector of St. Paul's Church, Salinas, California. From 1975 to 1980, he served as executive officer of the Episcopal Diocese of California before being consecrated in 1980 as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island.[4]
In 1994, he left Rhode Island to serve as interim bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii until his retirement in 1996.[2][5]
References
edit- ^ Former Rhode Island Bishop George Hunt III dies at 90
- ^ a b c Marquis Who's Who, 2013
- ^ "Former Rhode Island Bishop George Hunt III dies at 90". Episcopal News Service. October 28, 2022.
The Rt. Rev. George N. Hunt III, the eleventh bishop of the Diocese of Rhode Island, died on Oct. 23 in Santa Rosa, California, after a long illness.
- ^ "Bishop Hunt Consecrated in Rhode Island". Episcopal News Service. May 8, 1980.
The Rev. George Nelson Hunt, III, was ordained and consecrated eleventh Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island on May 3
- ^ "Bishop Hunt Consecrated", The Living Church, New York, 8 June 1980. Retrieved on 21 January 2019.