The Right Reverend John Harris Burt D.D. | |
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Bishop of Ohio | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Ohio |
Elected | May 20, 1966 |
In office | 1967–1983 |
Predecessor | Nelson M. Burroughs |
Successor | James R. Moodey |
Previous post(s) | Coadjutor Bishop of Ohio (1967) |
Orders | |
Ordination | January 1944 by William Scarlett |
Consecration | February 4, 1967 by John E. Hines |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | October 20, 2009 Marquette, Michigan, United States | (aged 91)
Buried | Park Cemetery, Marquette, Michigan |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Bates Gilbert Burt & Emily May Bailey |
Spouse |
Martha May Miller (m. 1946) |
Children | 4 |
Education | Columbia University Virginia Theological Seminary |
Alma mater | Amherst College |
John Harris Burt (April 11, 1918 – October 20, 2009) was an American prelate, civil rights activist, and social worker, who served as the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio from 1967 to 1983.