Arthur Anton Vogel (February 24, 1924 – March 6, 2012) was an American author and prelate who was the fifth bishop of the

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Biography

Vogel was born in

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, on February 24, 1924, son of Arthur Louis Vogel and Gladys Eirene Larson. He was educated at the

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between 1942 and 1943 and Carroll University in Waukesha, WI from 1943 until 1944. He then studied at

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Theological Seminary, and graduated with a

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in 1946. Later he also attended the

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, where he earned a

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in 1948. He also graduated with a

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from

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in 1952. He was also awarded a number of honorary doctorates:

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from General Theological Seminary in 1969;

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from

in 1969; and a

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from the

in 1971.

Ordained ministry

Vogel was ordained deacon in February 1946 and priest in February 1948 by Bishop

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of Milwaukee. He served his diaconate and initial months as a priest as curate at St Mark's Church in

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, until he became a teaching assistant of philosophy at

in 1949. In 1950 he became an instructor at

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and retained the post until his appointment as rector of St John Chrysostom Church in

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, where he remained until 1957. Concurrent with this position, he was Professor of Philosophical and Systematic Theology at Nashotah House from 1952 to 1971. He was also sub-dean of

from 1964 until 1971.

Episcopacy

At a special election held on December 6, 1970, Vogel was elected Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of West Missouri on the first ballot. He was consecrated by Presiding Bishop

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on May 25, 1971. On January 1, 1973, he succeeded as diocesan bishop and remained in office until his retirement in 1989. During his ministry as a priest, and later as bishop, he was involved in the Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation and worked tirelessly for ecumenism. Vogel died on March 6, 2012, in

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. On August 16, 1976, Vogel offered the

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at the opening of the

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in Kansas City, Missouri.

Publications (selected)

*1959: ''Reality, Reason and Religion''. New York: Longmans *1963: ''The Christian Person''. New York: Seabury Press *1966: ''The next Christian epoch''. New York: Harper & Row *1968: ''Is the Last Supper finished? secular light on a sacred meal''. New York: Sheed and Ward *1973: ''Body theology; God's presence in man's world''. New York: Harper & Row *1976: ''The Power of His Resurrection: the mystical life of Christians''. New York: Seabury Press *1982: ''Jesus Prayer for Today''. New Jersey: Paulist *1984 (as editor): ''Theology in Anglicanism'', "The Anglican Studies Series". Wilton, Connecticut: Morehouse Barlow *1989: ''I Know God Better Than I Know Myself''. New York: Bloomsbury *1992: ''Christ in His Time and Ours''. New York: Sheed and Ward *1995: ''God, Prayer, and Healing: Living With God in a World Like Ours''. Michigan: Eerdmans *1995: ''Radical Christianity and the Flesh of Jesus''. Michigan: Eerdmans"Arthur Anton Vogel (1924–2012)"
''Library thing''. Retrieved on August 7, 2022.

References

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