Frank Kellogg Allan

Frank Kellogg Allan

Frank Kellogg Allan was the 8th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, consecrated as Bishop Coadjutor on February 7, 1987, and as Diocesan Bishop on January 1, 1989.

Background

Frank K. Allan was born in Hammond, Indiana, on May 9, 1935. He graduated from Emory University in 1956. In 1959, he received his Master of Divinity from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.

He was ordained as Deacon and later as Priest by Bishop Randolph R. Claiborne, Jr. in 1959. He served at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Dalton, Georgia for eight years. In 1967, Allan became rector of St. Paul's in Macon, Georgia, where he served until 1977. From St. Paul's, Allan went to St. Anne's, Atlanta.

In 1987, Bishop C. Judson Child consecrated Allan as Bishop Coadjutor for the Diocese of Atlanta. When Bishop Child retired, Bishop Allan was consecrated Diocesan Bishop (1989).

After retiring, Bishop Allan taught at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He also began a ministry for woodworking called The Work of Our Hands.

Bishop Allan is remembered for his supportive role for the ordination of women in the diocese.

Consecrators

* The Most Rev. Edmund L. Browning, 24th Presiding Bishop
* The Right Reverend C. Judson Child, Jr., 7th Bishop of Atlanta
* The Right Reverend William E. Sanders, 1st Bishop of East Tennessee
* The Right Reverend Bennett J. Sims, 6th Bishop of AtlantaFrank K. Allan was the 818th bishop consecrated in the Episcopal Church.

See also

* Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
* List of Bishop Succession in the Episcopal Church

References

* [http://www.episcopaldioceseofatlantacentennial.org/History/bishop_allan.htm Atlanta Diocese Centenial History] page on Bishop Allan.
* "The Episcopal Church Annual". Morehouse Publishing: New York, NY (2005).


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