Lewis Bliss Whittemore

Lewis Bliss Whittemore (June 17, 1885 - December 5, 1965) was third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan.

Whittlemore was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a graduate of Yale College and Berkeley Divinity School. Whittlemore died on December 5, 1965 in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts.[1][2] He was reported to have delivered the first radio broadcast sermon in history in 1921.[3]

References
  1. 'Bishop Is Dead,' Nashua Telegram, December 7, 1965, pg. 18
  2. 'Requim Offered At Trinity Church For Bishop Whittemore,' Marshall Evening Chronicle, December 8, 1965, pg. 2
  3. "Bishop Whittemore". The Living Church. 151 (26): 5. December 26, 1965.

Bibliography
  • The Care of All the Churches: The Background, Work, and Opportunity of the American Episcopate (Seabury Press, 1955)
  • Ye Shall Live Also (Morehouse-Barlow, 1960)
  • The Church and Secular Education (1960)


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