Stephen Keeler

Stephen Edwards Keeler (1887 – 1956) was the fourth diocesan bishop of Minnesota in The Episcopal Church. He previously served in Chicago, where he was consecrated as bishop coadjutor of Minnesota on June 24, 1931.[3]

The Right Reverend
Stephen Edwards Keeler
IV Bishop of Minnesota
ProvinceThe Episcopal Church
DioceseMinnesota
PredecessorFrank Arthur McElwain
SuccessorHamilton Hyde Kellogg
Orders
ConsecrationJune 24, 1931
Personal details
BornApril 16, 1887
New Canaan, Connecticut
DiedSeptember 25, 1956
Patrick Henry Village, Heidelberg, Germany[1]
BuriedSt. Mark's Cathedral, Minneapolis
SpouseEunice Daskam Stevens[2]

Keeler died on a trip to Germany in 1956 and was buried at St. Mark's Cathedral in Minneapolis,[4] which he consecrated in 1941.[5]

See also

  • List of Succession of Bishops for the Episcopal Church, USA

References

  1. "BISHOP KEELER DIES IN EUROPE". Spokane Daily Chronicle. September 26, 1956. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  2. Knoble, John (August 15, 1954). "A portrait of Bishop Keeler". The Living Church. 129 (7): 13–14. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  3. The Living Church Annual: the Year Book of the Episcopal Church. New York: Morehouse-Gorham. 1932. p. 70.
  4. "STEPHEN KEELER, A BISHOP, IS DEAD; Head of Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota Succumbs on Church Trip to Europe--Played Host to Anglicans". The New York Times. September 27, 1956.
  5. Bjordal, Joe (November 17, 2014). "New Minnesota deans face change with calling and confidence". The Episcopal Church. The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. St. Mark’s was consecrated a cathedral in 1941 by then Bishop Stephen Keeler.
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