The Right Reverend Beverley Dandridge Tucker Jr. D.D., LL.D., L.H.D., S.T.D. | |
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Bishop of Ohio | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Ohio |
Appointed | May 24, 1938 |
In office | 1938–1952 |
Predecessor | Warren Lincoln Rogers |
Successor | Nelson M. Burroughs |
Previous post(s) | Coadjutor Bishop of Ohio (1938) |
Orders | |
Ordination | March 12, 1909 by Alfred Magill Randolph |
Consecration | September 28, 1938 by Henry St. George Tucker |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | July 4, 1969 Cleveland, Ohio, United States | (aged 87)
Buried | University of Virginia Cemetery |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Beverley D. Tucker & Anna Maria Washington |
Spouse |
Eleanor Carson Lile (m. 1915) |
Children | 5 |
Education | University of Virginia Oxford University |
Alma mater | Virginia Theological Seminary |
Beverley Dandridge Tucker Jr. (February 4, 1882 – July 4, 1969), was Rhodes Scholar who became sixth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, serving from 1938 to 1952 and continuing to work for ecumenism and interracial harmony after his retirement.[1]