Frank Allan (bishop)

Frank Kellogg Allan (born May 9, 1935), was the 8th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, consecrated as Bishop Coadjutor on February 7, 1987, and as Diocesan Bishop on January 1, 1989.

Background

Allan was born in Hammond, Indiana, on May 9, 1935. He graduated from Emory University in 1956. In 1959, he received his Master of Divinity from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.

He was ordained as Deacon and later as Priest by Bishop Randolph R. Claiborne, Jr. in 1959. He served at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Dalton, Georgia for eight years. In 1967, Allan became rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Macon, Georgia, where he served until 1977. Allan's time at St. Paul's coincided with rising political consciousness. He was delivering a homily on women's rights when he was interrupted and denounced by a woman for his progressive stand. He said from that time on he never began a homily without expecting to be interrupted. From St. Paul's, Allan went to St. Anne's Episcopal Church, Atlanta.

In 1987, Bishop C. Judson Child consecrated Allan as Bishop Coadjutor for the Diocese of Atlanta. When Bishop Child retired, Bishop Allan became Bishop of Atlanta per the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church (1989).

After retiring, Bishop Allan taught at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He also began a ministry for supporting the inclusion of arts and crafts to under-served communities called The Work of Our Hands.

Bishop Allan is remembered for his supportive role for the ordination of women in the diocese.

See also

• Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
• List of Bishop Succession in the Episcopal Church

References

• Atlanta Diocese Centennial History page on Bishop Allan.
• The Episcopal Church Annual. Morehouse Publishing: New York, NY (2005).