Robert Woodward Barnwell (bishop)

The Right Reverend

Robert Woodward Barnwell

D.D.
Bishop of Alabama
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseAlabama
ElectedMay 18, 1900
In office1900–1902
PredecessorRichard Hooker Wilmer
SuccessorCharles Minnigerode Beckwith
Orders
Ordination1875
by John W. Beckwith
ConsecrationJuly 25, 1900
by Hugh Miller Thompson
Personal details
Born(1849-12-27)December 27, 1849
DiedJuly 24, 1902(1902-07-24) (aged 52)
Selma, Alabama, United States
BuriedOld Live Oak Cemetery
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsJohn G. Barnwell & Emma Elliott
SpouseMargaret Coutrier Blair (m. 1879)
Children7

Robert Woodward Barnwell (December 27, 1849 – July 24, 1902) was the third bishop of the Diocese of Alabama in The Episcopal Church, serving only two years.[1]

  1. ^ Journal of the Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Council of the Diocese of Lexington. Cincinnati: Sellers, Davis, and Company. 1903. p. 14. Rt. Rev Robert Woodward Barnwell, D.D., Bishop of Alabama, died July 24, 1902, aged fifty-two years, and in the second year of his episcopate.