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David Birney (bishop)
David Bell Birney IV (November 26, 1929 – February 13, 2004) was twelfth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho. Early life and education Birney was born on November 26, 1929, in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of David Bell Birney and Stella Walshe. He grew up in Pennsylvania and was educated at the J.P. McCaskey High School and Lancaster Country Day School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and later at Emerson College in Boston. He studied at the Franklin and Marshall College from where he graduated with a B.A. in 1952. He also studied at the Virginia Theological Seminary. Ordained ministry After he was ordained deacon, Birney became curate of St John's Church in York, Pennsylvania. He was ordained priest on December 17, 1955, by Bishop J. Thomas Heistand of Harrisburg. Later he became rector of All Saints' Church in Hanover, Pennsylvania and then rector of the Church of the Mediator in Allentown, Pennsylvania. In 1969 he became a missionary in the Church of Uganda, where he served ...
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Episcopal Diocese Of Idaho
The Episcopal Diocese of Idaho is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, with jurisdiction over Idaho south of the Salmon River, and one congregation in western Wyoming. Located in Province 8, its cathedral is St. Michael's in Boise, as are the diocesan offices. Congregations in northern Idaho are part of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane. List of bishops The bishops of Idaho have been:Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 213 # Daniel S. Tuttle, (1867–1887) # Ethelbert Talbot, (1887–1898), # James Bowen Funsten, (1899–1918) # Herman Page, (1919 - 1919) # Frank H. Touret, (1919–1924) # Herbert H. H. Fox, (1925–1926) # Middleton S. Barnwell, (1926–1935) # Frederick B. Bartlett, (1935–1941) # Frank A. Rhea, (1942–1957) # Norman L. Foote, (1957–1972) # Hanford L. King, Jr. (1972–1981) # David B. Birney, IV, (1982–1989) # John S. Thornton (1990–1998) # Harry Brown Bai ...
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Hanover, Pennsylvania
Hanover is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 16,429 at the 2020 census. Located southwest of York and north-northwest of Baltimore, Maryland, the town is situated in a productive agricultural region. It is named after the German city of Hanover and is a principal city of the York–Hanover metropolitan area. Hanover was the site of the final encounter between the Union and Confederate armies before they fought against each other in the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Hanover has since become known as the "Snack Food Capital of the World" due to the establishment of multiple food manufacturing businesses there during the 20th century. Notable companies based in the borough include Utz Brands and Snyder's of Hanover. History In 1727, John Digges, an Irish nobleman of Prince George's County, Maryland, obtained a grant of of land where Hanover is now located from Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore. The area was c ...
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Franklin & Marshall College Alumni
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Emerson College Alumni
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Clergy From New Orleans
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Episcopal Bishops Of Idaho
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21st-century American Episcopal Priests
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2004 Deaths
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1929 Births
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Cathedral Of St
A cathedral is a church that contains the of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches.''New Standard Encyclopedia'', 1998 by Standard Educational Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; page B-262c. Church buildings embodying the functions of a cathedral first appeared in Italy, Gaul, Spain, and North Africa in the 4th century, but cathedrals did not become universal within the Western Catholic Church until the 12th century, by which time they had developed architectural forms, institutional structures, and legal identities distinct from parish churches, monastic churches, and episcopal residences. The cathedral is more important in the hierarchy than the church because it is from the cathedral that the bishop governs the area under his or ...
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Roman Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization. O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies around the world, each overseen by one or more bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church founded by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission, that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles, and that the pope is the successor of Saint Peter, upo ...
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Boise, Idaho
Boise ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities in Idaho, most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, there were 235,685 people residing in the city. Located on the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, it is east of the Oregon border and north of the Nevada border. The downtown area's elevation is Sea level#AMSL, above sea level. It is the county seat of Ada County, Idaho, Ada County. The Boise metropolitan area, also known as the Treasure Valley, includes five County (United States), counties with a combined population of 749,202, the most populous metropolitan area in Idaho. It contains the state's three largest cities: Boise, Nampa, Idaho, Nampa, and Meridian, Idaho, Meridian. The Boise metropolitan area, Boise–Nampa Metropolitan Statistical Area is the 74th most populous List of metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan statistical area in the United States. Downtown Boise is the ...
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