Richard S. M. Emrich

Richard Stanley Merrill Emrich (3 March 1910 – 31 October 1997) was the seventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan.

The Right Reverend

Richard Stanley Merrill Emrich
Bishop of Michigan
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseMichigan
In office1948-1971
PredecessorFrank W. Creighton
SuccessorH. Coleman McGehee Jr.
Orders
OrdinationDeacon in 1936, priest in 1938
Consecration1946
Personal details
Born(1910-03-11)March 11, 1910
Mardin, Turkey
DiedOctober 31, 1997(1997-10-31) (aged 87)
Rome, New York, United States
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsRichard Stanley Merrill Emrich & Jeanette Wallace
SpouseBeatrice A. Littlehales
Children2
Alma materBrown University, the Episcopal Theological School

Biography

He was born in Mardin in the Ottoman Empire to American Christian missionary parents, and educated at Brown University, and the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was ordained to the diaconate in 1936 and to the priesthood in 1938, after which he served parishes in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Bishop

Emrich was elected suffragan bishop of Michigan in 1946; he served as diocesan bishop from 1948 to 1973. He was made Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1958. He was succeeded by Harry Coleman McGehee Jr., who was elected in May 1971.[1]

The Emrich Retreat Center at Parishfield, located in Brighton, Michigan and owned by the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan was renamed in honor of Emrich.[2]

See also

References
  1. Montemurri, Patricia (March 15, 2013). "Retired Episcopalian Bishop H. Coleman McGehee has died at age 89". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  2. "Emrich Retreat Center at Parishfield - History". Emrich Retreat Center at Parishfield. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
Episcopal Church (USA) titles
Preceded by
Frank W. Creighton		 7th Bishop of Michigan
1948 - 1973		 Succeeded by
H. Coleman McGehee Jr.
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