Edwin Stevens Lines

Edwin Stevens Lines
The Right Reverend; Edwin Stevens Lines; D.D.
	Bishop of Newark
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Newark
Elected	June 15, 1903
In office	1903-1927
Predecessor	Thomas A. Starkey
Successor	Wilson Reiff Stearly
Orders
Ordination	December 21, 1874; by John Williams
Consecration	November 18, 1903; by Daniel S. Tuttle
Personal details
Born	November 23, 1845; Naugatuck, Connecticut, United States
Died	October 25, 1927 (aged 81); Newark, New Jersey, United States
Buried	Evergreen Cemetery (New Haven, Connecticut)
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Henry Willis Lines & Harriet Bunnell
Spouse	Mary Louise Starr
Children	4

Edwin Stevens Lines (November 23, 1845 – October 25, 1927) was a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, New Jersey.[1]

Biography

Lines was born in Naugatuck, Connecticut on November 23, 1845, the son of Henry Willis Lines and Harriet Bunnell. He studied at Yale Divinity School between 1872 and 1873 and later graduated from Berkeley Divinity School in 1874.

Ordained Ministry

He was ordained deacon on May 24, 1874 in Middletown, Connecticut and became rector of Christ Church in West Haven, Connecticut. He was ordained priest in the same church on December 21, 1874 and remained rector till 1879 when he became rector of St Paul's Church in New Haven, Connecticut.

Bishop

Lines was elected on the fifth ballot as Bishop of Newark on June 17, 1903 and was consecrated on November 18, 1903 by Presiding Bishop Daniel S. Tuttle. [2] He died in office on October 25, 1927 due to heart failure.[3]

Family

Lines married in Mary Louise Morehouse on May 4, 1880 and together had four children.

References

Leonard, John William, ed. (1908). Who's Who in America, Volume 3. Chicago: A. N. Marquis. p. 904.
"Dr. E. S. Lines Elected. New Haven Minister Chosen by Bare Majority of Clerical Vote. Decision Reached on the Fifth Ballot". New York Times. June 17, 1903.
The Rt. Rev. Frederick Focke Reese (1928). "Bishop's Address of 1928". Episcopal Diocese of Georgia. Retrieved March 2, 2016.

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[1] Leonard, John William, ed. (1908). Who's Who in America, Volume 3. Chicago: A. N. Marquis. p. 904.

[2] "Dr. E. S. Lines Elected. New Haven Minister Chosen by Bare Majority of Clerical Vote. Decision Reached on the Fifth Ballot". New York Times. June 17, 1903.

[3] The Rt. Rev. Frederick Focke Reese (1928). "Bishop's Address of 1928". Episcopal Diocese of Georgia. Retrieved March 2, 2016.