The Right Reverend Henry Beard Delany D.D. | |
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| Suffragan Bishop of North Carolina | |
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| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | North Carolina |
| Elected | May 15, 1918 |
| In office | 1918–1928 |
| Successor | W. Moultrie Moore, Jr. |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 2, 1892 by Theodore B. Lyman |
| Consecration | November 21, 1918 by Joseph Blount Cheshire |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 5, 1858 |
| Died | April 14, 1928 (aged 70) Raleigh, North Carolina, United States |
| Buried | Mount Hope Cemetery (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Episcopal (prev. Methodist) |
| Parents | Thomas & Sarah Delany |
| Spouse | Nanette James Logan |
| Children | 10 |
| Alma mater | St Augustine's College |
Henry Beard Delany (February 5, 1858 – April 14, 1928) was an American clergyman and the first African-American person elected Bishop Suffragan of the Episcopal Church in the United States.
- ^ Bragg, George F. (1904). Afro-American Church Work and Workers. Baltimore, MD: Church Advocate Print. p. 19. OCLC 1376943 – via Internet Archive.