Frederick Wolf

The Right Reverend
Frederick Wolf
Bishop of Maine
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese Maine
In office 1968-1986
Predecessor Oliver Leland Loring
Successor Edward C. Chalfant
Orders
Ordination 30 May 1946
by Wallace E. Conkling
Consecration 8 October 1968
by John E. Hines
Personal details
Born 1922
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
Died 5 January 1999 (aged 76)
Portland, Maine, United States
Nationality American
Denomination Anglican
Spouse Barbara Buckley
Children 3
Alma mater Grinnell College

Frederick Barton Wolf (1922 – January 5, 1999) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine from 1968 to 1986.

Early Years and priesthood

Wolf was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He graduated from Grinnell College and Seabury-Western Theological Seminary. He was ordained deacon in 1945, priest in 1946. He served as priest-in-charge of Holy Trinity Church in Belvidere, Illinois from 1946 till 1950 and Rector of St Christopher Church from 1950 till 1954 when he was appointed Dean of St John's Cathedral in Quincy, Illinois. He was also associate secretary for leadership training in the department of Christian education for the Executive Council from 1957 till 1959. In 1959 he became Rector of St Peter's in Bennington, Vermont. While in Bennington, he was closely associated with the Parish Training Program of the Province of New England, a summer field work program for seminarians. He was also president of the standing committee of the Diocese of Vermont, a member of the Diocesan Council and a delegate to the Vermont Church Council. He also served as a deputy to General Convention and is a consultant to the Convention's Liturgical Commission.[1]

Episcopacy

In 1968 Wolf was elected Bishop of Maine. He was consecrated on October 4, 1968 in the Cathedral of St. Luke in Portland. The co-consecrators were Walter H. Gray, Bishop of Connecticut, and John Seville Higgins, Bishop of Rhode Island.[2]

Family

Wolf married Barbara Buckley and had three daughters.



  1. ↑ "Bishop Wolf of Maine Dies", The Archives of the Episcopal Church. Retrieved on 14 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Presiding Bishop to Ordain Reverends Wolf and Elebash", The Archives of the Episcopal Church. Retrieved on 14 July 2018.
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