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Benjamin Tibbets Kemerer (December 9, 1874 – September 23, 1960) was an American Episcopalian bishop.


Early life

Born in
Vernon Center, Minnesota Vernon Center is a city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States, along the Blue Earth River. The population was 328 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Mankato- North Mankato Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography According to t ...
, Kemerer was a salesman and advertising manager. He went to
Hamline University Hamline University ( ) is a private university in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1854, Hamline is the oldest university in Minnesota, the first coeducational university in the state, and is one of five Associated Colleges of th ...
from 1890 to 1894 and then received his doctorate in theology in 1931 from Seabury Theological Seminary.


Ordained ministry

Kemerer was ordained deacon on June 28, 1903 in St James' Church,
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and then to the priesthood on November 17, 1904 in Trinity Church,
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.


Episcopacy

From 1930 to 1933, Kemerer served as coadjutor bishop of the
Episcopal Diocese of Duluth The Episcopal Diocese of Duluth was a Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. The diocese was created as the Missionary District of Duluth in 1895 as a re ...
. He then served as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese from 1933 until 1944 when the diocese was reunited with the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota. He then served as suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Minnesota from 1944 until his retirement in 1948.


References

1874 births 1960 deaths People from Vernon Center, Minnesota Hamline University alumni Businesspeople from Minnesota Episcopal bishops of Duluth {{US-Anglican-bishop-stub