Charles Carpenter (bishop)

Charles Colcock Jones Carpenter
Church	Episcopal Church in the United States of America
See	Episcopal Diocese of Alabama
In Office	1938-1968
Orders
Consecration	June 24, 1938
Personal details
Born	September 2, 1899(1899-09-02) Augusta, Georgia
Died	June 29, 1969(1969-06-29) (aged 69)
Parents	Samuel Barstow Carpenter Ruth Berrien (Jones), a.k.a. Mary Ruth Jones
Children	Alexandra Morrison
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Charles Colcock Jones Carpenter (September 2, 1899 – June 29, 1969) D.D., LL.D ^[1] was consecrated Bishop of the Alabama Episcopal Diocese on June 24, 1938^[1] and served until 1968. He was one of the eight clergymen who sent a letter titled "A Call for Unity" to Martin Luther King Jr. during his time in Birmingham, Alabama's jail, asking him and his followers to refrain from demonstrating in Birmingham. ^[2]

Personal

Carpenter was born in Augusta, Georgia and often went by C.C.J. Carpenter. He was a son of the Rev. Samuel Barstow Carpenter and his wife Ruth Berrien (Jones), a.k.a. Mary Ruth Jones, daughter of Charles Colcock Jones, Jr.. He married in 1928 to Alexandra Morrison, with whom he had three children.^[1]

A Call for Unity

Charles Colcock Jones Carpenter (September 2, 1899-June 29, 1969), was one of the eight white Alabama clergymen that was a recepitant of the famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail” written by Rev Dr, Martin Luther King on May 12, 1963 from a Birmingham jail cell. Charles Colcock Jones Carpenter, role in regards to the subject of the letter has been thought to be misinterpreted, and his son, Rev Douglas Carpenter, wrote a letter to the Episcopal News Service, dated July 13, 2007. “ My father, C.C.J. Carpenter, was a bishop of the Alabama Diocese from 1938, when I was just turned 5, until 1968. In 1951, a parish in Mobile wanted to start a parochial school. He gave his approval only when they agreed it could be integrated. Actions such as this put him on the hit list of the White Citizens Council and the Ku Klux Klan. He got frequent hate threats by phone." ^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Chicago: The A. N. Marquis Company, 1952, p. 127.
2. ^ Bass, S.J., and Martin L. King. Blessed are the Peacemakers: Martin Luther King, Jr., eight white religious leaders, and the “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 2001. Print.
3. ^ Source: ens – episcopal new service. Title: Not-so-peaceful city Retired priest recalls Birmingham in the days his father was bishop. Author/Date: Douglas Carpenter, July 13, 2007.

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Preceded by	Episcopal Diocese of Alabama June 24, 1938–1968	Succeeded by

External links

• dallasnews.com birminghamarchives.org

Persondata
Name	Carpenter, Charles Colcock Jones
Alternative names	Rev. Charles Carpenter
Short description	Bishop of Alabama
Date of birth	September 02, 1899
Place of birth	Augusta, Georgia
Date of death	June 29, 1969
Place of death