Girault M. Jones

Girault McArthur Jones (June 30, 1904 - April 29, 1998) was seventh Bishop of Louisiana in The Episcopal Church.[1]

The Right Reverend

Girault McArthur Jones

D.D.
Bishop of Louisiana
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseLouisiana
ElectedNovember 17, 1948
In office1949-1969
PredecessorJohn Long Jackson
SuccessorIveson B. Noland
Orders
OrdinationMay 19, 1929
by William Mercer Green
ConsecrationMarch 9, 1949
by Henry Knox Sherrill
Personal details
Born(1904-06-30)June 30, 1904
Centerville, Mississippi, United States
DiedApril 29, 1998(1998-04-29) (aged 93)
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
BuriedUniversity of the South Cemetery, Sewanee, Tennessee
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsAckland Hartley Jones & Elizabeth Girault Shaifer
SpouseVirginia Hester Wallace (m. 1930, d. 1930)
Kathleen Platt (m. 1935)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Mississippi

Education

Educated at a Mississippi high school, and then Staunton Military Academy in Virginia, Jones went on to higher education at the University of Mississippi, followed by the School of Theology at the University of the South, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity in 1928. Later, following his election as a bishop, he was awarded a Doctor of Divinity degree from the University of the South. He was eventually to serve as Chancellor of the university from 1967 to 1973.

Ministry

He was ordained deacon on June 17, 1928 by Bishop Theodore DuBose Bratton and priest on May 19, 1929 by Bishop William Mercer Green. He then served as missionary of rural Southwestern Mississippi till 1931. Between 1931 and 1936, he was rector of Trinity Church in Pass Christian, Mississippi, and between 1936 and 1949, he was rector of St Andrew's Church in New Orleans. He served as president of the standing committee of Louisiana between 1944 and 1949, and as deputy to the General Conventions of 1934, 1940, 1943, and 1946.

On November 17, 1948, Jones was elected Bishop of Louisiana at a special meeting of the diocesan convention, succeeding Bishop John Long Jackson. Jones was consecrated on March 9, 1949. He served as diocesan bishop from 1949 until his retirement in 1969.

Private life

Jones married twice. His first wife was Virginia Hester Wallace. They were married in 1930, but tragically she died just seven months into their marriage. In 1935 he married Kathleen Platt, who survived him, along with their two daughters.

Jones was an active Freemason, initiated in Lumberton Lodge No. 417, Lumberton, Mississippi, and later a member of Louisiana Lodge No. 102, New Orleans. He served as Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana in 1954.[2]

References

  1. "Around The Diocese". Episcopal Press and News Archives. Episcopal News Service. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  2. Denslow, William R. (1957). 10,000 Famous Freemasons. Columbia, Missouri, USA: Missouri Lodge of Research. (digital document by phoenixmasonry: vol. 1, 2, 3, 4)

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