Edwin Stevens Lines

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The Right Reverend

Edwin Stevens Lines

D.D.
Bishop of Newark
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ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseNewark
ElectedJune 15, 1903
In office1903–1927
PredecessorThomas A. Starkey
SuccessorWilson Reiff Stearly
Orders
OrdinationDecember 21, 1874
by John Williams
ConsecrationNovember 18, 1903
by Daniel S. Tuttle
Personal details
Born(1845-11-23)November 23, 1845
DiedOctober 25, 1927(1927-10-25) (aged 81)
BuriedEvergreen Cemetery (New Haven, Connecticut)
DenominationAnglican
ParentsHenry Willis Lines & Harriet Bunnell
SpouseMary Louise Starr
Children4

Edwin Stevens Lines (November 23, 1845 – October 25, 1927) was a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, New Jersey.[1]

Biography

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Lines was born in Naugatuck, Connecticut, on November 23, 1845, the son of Henry Willis Lines and Harriet Bunnell. He studied at Yale Divinity School between 1872 and 1873 and later graduated from Berkeley Divinity School in 1874.

Ordained ministry

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He was ordained deacon on May 24, 1874, in Middletown, Connecticut, and became rector of Christ Church in West Haven, Connecticut. He was ordained priest in the same church on December 21, 1874, and remained rector till 1879 when he became rector of St Paul's Church in New Haven, Connecticut.

Bishop

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Lines was elected on the fifth ballot as Bishop of Newark on June 17, 1903, and was consecrated on November 18, 1903, by Presiding Bishop Daniel S. Tuttle.[2] He died in office on October 25, 1927, due to heart failure.[3]

Family

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Lines married in Mary Louise Morehouse on May 4, 1880, and together had four children.

References

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