Albion W. Knight Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
Albion W. Knight
Honorific Suffix:D.D.
Elected:October 9, 1923
Term:1923–1936
Retired:-->
Ordination:1883
Ordained By:John F. Young
Consecration:December 21, 1904
Consecrated By:Daniel S. Tuttle
Birth Date:24 August 1859
Buried:Evergreen Cemetery (Jacksonville, Florida)
Parents:George Augustine Knight & Martha Demere
Spouse:Elise Nicoll Hallowes
Miriam Powell Yates
Previous Post:Bishop of Cuba (1905-1913)
Chancellor of the University of the South (1913-1922)

Albion Williamson Knight (August 24, 1859 - June 9, 1936) was a bishop in the Episcopal Church, serving in Cuba and the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey.

History

He was born in White Springs, Florida and educated at the University of the South. Following ministry in parishes in Georgia and Florida, he was consecrated in 1904 for missionary work in Cuba. He resigned this jurisdiction in 1913 to serve as Bishop Coadjutor of New Jersey, retiring in 1935.

He was the son of George Augustine Knight (1830-1877), a merchant, and his wife Martha née Demere (1824-1862). He married first Elise Nichol Hallowes (1853-1918) and had a daughter Ada Nicoll Knight (1893-) and a son Albion Williamson Knight (1891-1953); his second marriage was to Miriam Yates, née Powell (1879-1958).

His grandson, Brigadier General Albion W. Knight, Jr. (1924-2012), also became a minister in the Episcopal Church, before joining the United Episcopal Church of North America and becoming its presiding bishop.

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