Nelson Marigold Burroughs (July 12, 1899 - December 19, 1998) was an

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prelate of the Episcopal Church, who served as Bishop of Ohio from 1952 to 1967.

Early life and education

Burroughs was born in

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on July 12, 1899, the son of Robert Nelson Burroughs and Lillian May Dunworth. He studied at the

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, where he earned his undergraduate

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in 1922. He also studied at

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and graduated with a

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in 1925. He was awarded a

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from

in 1942 and a

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from

in 1950. He married Ann Bywater Cluett on December 28, 1938, and together had four children.

Ordained ministry

Burroughs was ordained deacon in May 1925 by Bishop Chauncey B. Brewster of Connecticut, and priest in December 1925 by Bishop

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of Central New York. He served as assistant at St Paul's Church in

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between 1925 and 1927, before becoming rector of St Mark's Church in Syracuse, New York in 1927. In 1930, he became rector of St John's Church in

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, and in 1939, rector of Christ Church in

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, where he remained until 1949.

Bishop

On May 19, 1949, during a special diocesan convention, Burroughs was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Ohio. He was consecrated on November 16, 1949, by Presiding Bishop Henry St. George Tucker. He succeeded as diocesan bishop in 1952 and remained until his retirement in 1967. During that time he founded 19 congregations and the construction of 36 church buildings. Burroughs died on December 19, 1998, in his hotel room while in

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to attend the annual Christmas Carol Service at Trinity Church."Bishop Burroughs of Ohio Dies"
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'', February 14, 1999. Retrieved November 17, 2020.

References

1899 births 1998 deaths Wesleyan University alumni Berkeley Divinity School alumni People from Bridgeport, Connecticut Episcopal bishops of Ohio 20th-century American Episcopal priests 20th-century American bishops {{US-Anglican-bishop-stub