Henry Wise Hobson

Henry Wise Hobson

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Episcopal Divinity School (1920) | employer =Episcopal Church | occupation = | title = | salary = | networth = | height = | weight = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse =Edmonia Taylor Bryan (1889-1982) (m. 1955)| partner = | children =Katharine Bryan Hobson (b. 1919)
Henry Wise Hobson III (b. 1921)
Anne Jennings Hobson (1924-1959)
Margery Thayer Hobson (b. 1926)
parents =Henry Wise Hobson I (1858-1898)
Katherine Sophia Thayer (1859-1915) | relatives =Thayer Hobson, brother |
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Henry Wise Hobson II (16 May, 1891 - February 10, 1983), was the Bishop for the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio. At the time of his death was the oldest bishop in the Episcopal Church, and when he was consecrated at the age of 38 in 1929, he was the youngest Episcopal bishop in the United States. He was also involved with the founding of Forward Movement Publications at the Episcopal Church.cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Henry W. Hobson, 91; Ohio Episcopal Bishop |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B05E1DC143BF932A25751C0A965948260 |quote=The Rev. Henry Wise Hobson, the oldest bishop in the Episcopal Church, died Wednesday at a retirement home in Cincinnati. He was 91 years old and had been bishop of the Diocese of Southern Ohio for the 29 years before his retirement in 1959. |publisher=New York Times |date=February 11, 1983 |accessdate=2008-06-24 ]

Biography

He graduated Yale University in 1914, then was an officer in the infantry during World War I and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his heroism in France, after being wounded twice. After the war he started at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and he graduated in 1920. He was then the rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Cambridge, and in 1930 he moved to the Cincinnati at the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio. His son Henry Wise Hobson III married Elizabeth Mary Balch in 1941. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Elizabeth Balgh Prospective Bride. Henry W. Hobson Jr., Son of Cincinnati Bishop. |url= |quote=DeWitt Woodford Balch of this city have announced the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth, to Henry Wise Hobson Jr., son of the Right Rev. Henry Wise. |publisher=New York Times |date=February 3, 1943, Wednesday |accessdate=2008-06-25 ] His daughter Margery Thayer Hobson married Gerard Thomas on February 13, 1955. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Margery Hobson Cincinnati Bride. She Wed by Her Father, Bishop of Southern Ohio, to Gerard Thomas. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10F15F73A5B167B93C1A81789D85F418585F9 |quote=Given in marriage by her brother, Henry Wise Hobson Jr., the bride wore a ... |publisher=New York Times |date=February 13, 1955 |accessdate=2008-06-25 ] Henry Wise Hobson died on February 10, 1983.

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