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Edwin Stevens Lines (November 23, 1845 – October 25, 1927) was a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, New Jersey.


Biography

Lines was born in
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, on November 23, 1845, the son of Henry Willis Lines and Harriet Bunnell. He studied at
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between 1872 and 1873 and later graduated from
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in 1874.


Ordained ministry

He was ordained deacon on May 24, 1874, in
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, and became rector of Christ Church in
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. He was ordained priest in the same church on December 21, 1874, and remained rector till 1879 when he became rector of St Paul's Church in
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.


Bishop

Lines was elected on the fifth ballot as Bishop of Newark on June 17, 1903, and was consecrated on November 18, 1903, by Presiding Bishop Daniel S. Tuttle. He died in office on October 25, 1927, due to heart failure.


Family

Lines married in Mary Louise Morehouse on May 4, 1880, and together had four children.


References

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