George Clinton Harris

George Clinton Harris (19 December 1925 – 7 May 2000) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska from 1981 to 1991.

Biography

George Clinton Harris was born on December 19, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York City to Clinton George Harris and Meta Grace Warner. Harris graduated with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rutgers University in 1950 and with a Master of Sacred Theology from the General Theological Seminary in 1953. He was ordained deacon in May 1953 and a priest in December of the same year. On June 27, 2953, he married Mary Shotwell with whom he had 6 children. His first assignment was as a curate of the Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York City which he served between 1953 and 1955. In 1956 he served in the Philippine missions, doing work in the parish of the Epiphany until 1962 when he became involved in Hartford Seminary until 1963. He returned to the Philippines in 1963 and served as Principal of St. Francis H.S. school till 1969. In 1970 he became the rector of the Luzerne Parish in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. In 1974 he was appointed director of the Dakota Leadership Program in Mobridge, South Dakota, where he worked with native Americans.^[1]

Bishop

Harris was elected Bishop of Alaska in 1981, replacing the retiring David Cochran. He was consecrated bishop on June 7, 1981. He served in Alaska until he retired in March 1991. In his retirement, Bishop Harris was a Volunteer for Mission and visiting fellow at the College of the Ascension, Selly Oak, Birmingham, England, between 1991 and 1992. He died on May 7, 2000.^[2]

References

• Bishop Harris of Alaska Dies