Harry Brown Bainbridge III (July 25, 1939 – May 27, 2010) was an American bishop. He was the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho from 1998 to 2008.

Education

Bainbridge was born in

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, on July 25, 1939, son of Harry Brown Bainbridge II and Grace Holt. He was raised in

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, and attended Sewanee: The University of the South from where he graduated with a

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in 1961. He served for two years in the

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and later returned to Sewanee to study for his

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which he received in 1967. He received a

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from Sewanee in 1992.

Ministry

Bainbridge was ordained deacon in 1967 and served as deacon-in-charge of Holy Trinity Church in

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, where he remained till he was ordained a priest a year later. In 1968 he became rector of the Church of St Mary Magdalene in

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and in 1970 transferred to St Thomas' Church in

. In 1973 he became assistant chaplain in Sewanee University and also taught religion at the same university. In 1979 he became chaplain of the

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and rector of the Church of St Thomas in

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. He also served as rector of Christ Church in

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from 1988 till 1998.

Bishop

Bainbridge was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Idaho on February 14, 1998. He was consecrated on June 6, 1998, by Bishop John S. Thornton of Idaho in the First United Methodist Church in

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. He succeeded as diocesan bishop on November 1. He retired in 2008 and died on May 27, 2010, in Talbot Hospice Guest House in

, after battling lung cancer and heart complications since 2007. Bainbridge married Katherine Turnbull on June 19, 1963, and they had two children. 1939 births 2010 deaths Episcopal bishops of Idaho 20th-century American Episcopalians {{US-Anglican-bishop-stub