Bob Mize Explained

Robert "Bob" Herbert Mize Jr. (4 February 1907 – 17 August 2000) was Bishop of Damaraland, Southern Africa from 1960[1] to his expulsion in 1968.[2] He was born on 4 February 1907 into an ecclesiastical family in Emporia, Kansas. His father Robert Herbert Mize Sr. was Missionary Bishop of Salina from 1921 to 1938.[3] He was educated at the University of Kansas.[4] After his ordination in 1932, he worked with disadvantaged boys at a mission in western Kansas.[5]

In 1945, he founded the St. Francis Boys Home[6] at Ellsworth in the centre of the state, a position he held until his elevation to the episcopate.[7] A supporter of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament in the United States,[8] he died on 17 August 2000 and is buried in Ellis County, Kansas.[9]

Notes and References

  1. "Ecclesiastical News Bishop Of Damaraland Nominated". The Times. August 16, 1960; pg. 10; Issue 54851; col D
  2. "A Bishop Expelled". The Times. May 21, 1968; pg. 9; Issue 57256; col E
  3. News: 1960-08-16 . KANSAN NAMED BISHOP; Priest's Episcopal Diocese Covers South-West Africa . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-08-17 . 0362-4331.
  4. 1947-12-22 . Religion: Christian Experiment . en-US . Time . 2022-08-17 . 0040-781X.
  5. https://archive.org/stream/yearbookofameric028315mbp/yearbookofameric028315mbp_djvu.txt 1935 Edition Yearbook of American Churches
  6. http://www.westernkansas.org/files/_PSDec_Jan06.pdf Prairie Spirit, Diocese of Western Kansas
  7. Neal, Emily Gardiner (1963). Father Bob and His Boys. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis.
  8. http://anglicanhistory.org/cbs/mccune8.html Project Canterbury
  9. http://www.jlangholz.com/standrewcemetery.html St Andrew’s cemetery, Buckey NW Township, Ellis Co, KS