The Right Reverend Randolph Royall Claiborne D.D. | |
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Bishop of Atlanta | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Atlanta |
Elected | March 23, 1953 |
In office | 1953–1972 |
Predecessor | John B. Walthour |
Successor | Bennett Sims |
Previous post(s) | Suffragan Bishop of Alabama (1949-1953) |
Orders | |
Ordination | January 1932 by Henry J. Mikell |
Consecration | June 29, 1949 by Henry St. George Tucker |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | February 22, 1986 Atlanta, Georgia, United States | (aged 79)
Buried | St. James Episcopal Cemetery |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Randolph Royall Claiborne & Mary Thomas Clark |
Spouse | Clara Virginia Kinney Stribling (m. 1953) |
Alma mater | University of Virginia |
Randolph Royall Claiborne Jr. (November 7, 1906 – February 22, 1986) was the 5th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, elected in 1952. Previously he had served as Bishop Suffragan in the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama.