Randolph Royall Claiborne, Jr.

Infobox Bishop
honorific-prefix = The Right Reverend
name = Randolph Royall Claiborne, Jr.
honorific-suffix =
bishop_of = Bishop of Atlanta


caption =
province = The Episcopal Church
diocese = Atlanta
see = St. Philip Cathedral
birth_name =
enthroned = 1953
ended = 1972
predecessor = John B. Walthour
successor = Bennett J. Sims
ordination =
consecration =
birth_date = birth date and age|1906|11|7
birthplace = Farmville, Virginia
death_date = 1986
deathplace =
buried = Anglican Portal

Randolph Royall Claiborne, Jr. (1906-1986) was the 5th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, elected in 1952. Previously he had served as Bishop Suffragan in the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama.

Background

Randolph was born November 7, 1906, to The Rev. Randolph Royall Claiborne, vicar of the Episcopal Church in Farmville, Virginia, and Mary Thomas Clark. The Claiborne family moved to Marietta, Georgia, where Randolph, Sr. would serve as Rector at St. James' Church.

Randolph, Jr. attended the University of Virginia, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1928. He then attended Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, receiving his Master of Divinity in 1931. From 1932 to 1938, he served as Rector of St. James' Church, Macon, Georgia. From there he moved to Church of the Nativity in Huntsville, Alabama, serving from 1938 to 1949 as rector.

In 1949, he was elected bishop suffragan of Alabama. In 1952, he was chosen to serve as the fifth bishop of Atlanta. He married Clara Virginia Kinney Stribling on June 9, 1953.

Bishop Claiborne retired in 1972, and was given the title "Bishop Emeritus" in honor of his 20-year service to the diocese.

Consecrators

* The Right Reverend Henry St. G. Tucker, 19th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
* The Right Reverend Charles C. J. Carpenter 6th Bishop of Alabama
* The Right Reverend Noble C. Powell, 9th Bishop of MarylandRandolph Claiborne was the 489th bishop consecrated in the Episcopal Church.

ee also

* List of Succession of Bishops for the Episcopal Church, USA

References

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