The Right Reverend Karl Morgan Block D.D. | |
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Bishop of California | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | California |
Elected | April 19, 1938 |
In office | 1941–1958 |
Predecessor | Edward L. Parsons |
Successor | James Pike |
Previous post(s) | Coadjutor Bishop of California (1938-1941) |
Orders | |
Ordination | May 22, 1910 (deacon) December 18, 1910 (priest) by Alfred Harding |
Consecration | September 29, 1938 by Edward L. Parsons |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | September 20, 1958 San Francisco, California, United States | (aged 71)
Buried | Cypress Lawn Memorial Park |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Sigismund Joseph Block & Joanna Christine Linder |
Spouse |
Nancy Holliday Shackelford
(m. 1913; died 1945) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | George Washington University |
Karl Morgan Block (September 27, 1886 – September 20, 1958) was the fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California.