The Very Reverend David Browning Collins (December 18, 1922 — December 29, 2016) was an Episcopal priest, serving in various positions of leadership in the
Episcopal church, including as the president of the
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies is one of the legislative houses of the bicameral General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. The other is the House of Bishops.
Membership
Each diocese of the Episcopal Church, as well as the ...
and as the dean of the
Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta, Georgia
Background
David Collins was born on December 18, 1922, in
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Hot Springs is a resort city in the state of Arkansas and the county seat of Garland County, Arkansas, Garland County. The city is located in the Ouachita Mountains among the U.S. Interior Highlands, and is set among several natural hot springs ...
. He graduated from the University of the South in 1943 and served in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946, stationed at the
Brooklyn Naval Yard, and the United States Navy Reserve from 1946 to 1960.
He came back to the University of the South as Chaplain and associate professor of religion, during which time he obtained his Master of Sacred Theology degree (1962) and, later, his Doctorate of Divinity (1974).
In 1996, he published an autobiography entitled ''There is a Lad Here''.
He died on December 29, 2016, at the age of 94.
Involvement in the Episcopal Church
David B. Collins was ordained as a deacon in 1948, and as a priest in 1949, during which time he served as the rector of St. Andrew's Church in Marianna, Arkansas. Following his ordination, he served as priest-in-charge of the Holy Cross Church in West Memphis, Arkansas (1949–1953). In 1966, he became the dean of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip, and served there until 1984, when he left to become the president of the House of Deputies. He kept this position until 1991.
During his time at the Cathedral of St. Philip, he held prominent positions on the national level of the Episcopal Church, serving on the Presiding Bishop's Advisory Committee on Evangelism and Renewal, he Church Deployment Board and the Church Pension Fund board of trustees. He also chaired the committee addressing women's ordination during the 1976
General Convention
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, and was the vice president of the House of Deputies from 1979 to 1985.
See also
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Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip (Atlanta)
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Episcopal Church (United States)
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Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
The Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, with jurisdiction over middle and north Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is in Province 4 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of ...
References
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American Episcopal deans
1922 births
2016 deaths