The Right Reverend Joseph Summerville Minnis D.D. | |
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Bishop of Colorado | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Colorado |
Elected | May 19, 1954 |
In office | 1955–1969 |
Predecessor | Harold L. Bowen |
Successor | Edwin B. Thayer |
Previous post(s) | Coadjutor Bishop of Colorado (1954-1955) |
Orders | |
Ordination | June 1929 by Benjamin F. P. Ivins |
Consecration | September 29, 1954 by Stephen F. Bayne Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | September 6, 1977 San Francisco, California, United States | (aged 73)
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Joseph William Minnis & Sarah Summerville |
Spouse |
Mary Katherine Abell
(m. 1933) |
Children | 4 |
Joseph Summerville Minnis (January 3, 1904 - September 6, 1977) was the sixth bishop of Colorado in The Episcopal Church, serving from 1954 until his removal from office in 1969 after a closed-door church trial.