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Mobile, Alabama Coat of arms of Bishop Allen Edward Patrick Allen (March 17, 1853 – October 21, 1926) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Mobile from 1897 until his death in 1926.
Bishop Portier. In 1829, Pope Pius VIII erected the Diocese of Mobile, taking the Florida Territory and the new State of Alabama from the vicariate. Portier became the first bishop of Mobile. [1] Portier's cathedral in Mobile was a small church twenty feet wide by fifty feet deep, his residence a still smaller two-roomed frame structure.
Mobile Gazette newspaper begins publication. [4] 1814 - Town of Mobile incorporated. 1819 - City of Mobile incorporated. [1] 1821 - Mobile Commercial Register begins publication. 1823 - Christ Church Cathedral established. [1] 1827 - Fire. [5] 1829 - Mobile Female Benevolent Society founded. [6] 1830 Spring Hill College and City Hospital [1] [6 ...
St John Basil Wynne Willson (28 August 1868 – 15 October 1946) was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century. He was the Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1921 to 1937. [1] [3] The maternal grandson of Michael Alexander, Bishop of Jerusalem, [2] Willson was educated at Cheltenham and St John's College, Cambridge. [4]
Caryl Whittier Chessman (May 27, 1921 – May 2, 1960) was a convicted robber, kidnapper, serial rapist, and writer who was sentenced to death for a series of crimes committed in January 1948 in the Los Angeles area.
Stephen Taylor Lane was the ninth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine in The Episcopal Church. [1] He previously served as Bishop Co-adjutor of Maine. [2] Lane was ordained in 1978, and served as the canon for deployment and ministry development in the Diocese of Rochester prior to his consecration. He retired as Bishop of Maine in June ...
Oscar Hugh Lipscomb (September 21, 1931 – July 15, 2020) [1] was an American bishop of the Catholic Church.He served the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama, for 28 years.
William (Jr) earned the A.B. degree from Southwestern University in 1917. He was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order.He then studied theology at the Southern Methodist University School of Religion (for one year), the Union Theological Seminary (for one year), and at the Vanderbilt School of Religion (for two years).