Charles Avery Mason (August 2, 1904 - March 6, 1970) was bishop of the

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, serving from 1946 to 1970.

Early life

Mason was born in

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on August 2, 1904, the son of Charles Henry Mason and Mary C. Avery. He was educated at the Yeatman High School in St. Louis. He graduated with a

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in 1926 from the

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, and a

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from the

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in 1929. He was awarded a

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from

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in 1940.

Ordination

Mason was ordained deacon on June 17, 1928, by Bishop

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of Missouri, and priest on May 26, 1929. He served as assistant at St Stephen's Church in

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, and then in 1929 became curate at St Agnes' Chapel of Trinity Church in

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. In 1930 he became rector of Ascension Church in

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. In 1942 he was appointed office secretary of the Forward in Service program and later became its director, a post he retained until his election to the episcopacy.

Bishop

Mason was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Dallas and was consecrated on September 21, 1945, in St Matthew's Cathedral by Presiding Bishop

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. He succeeded as diocesan bishop on October 4, 1946, and remained in office until his death on March 6, 1970.

References

*''An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church'' 1904 births 1970 deaths 20th-century American Episcopal priests Episcopal bishops of Dallas {{US-Anglican-bishop-stub