Daniel L. Swenson Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
Daniel Lee Swenson
Honorific Suffix:D.D.
Bishop of Vermont
Church:Episcopal Church
Appointed:-->
Term:1987–1993
Retired:-->
Predecessor:Robert S. Kerr
Successor:Mary Adelia McLeod
Ordination:June 29, 1961
Ordained By:Hamilton Hyde Kellogg
Consecration:May 17, 1986
Consecrated By:Edmond L. Browning
Birth Date:2 February 1928
Parents:Daniel & Lilian Swenson
Spouse:Sally Mason
Children:2
Previous Post:Coadjutor Bishop of Vermont (1986-1987)

Daniel Lee Swenson (February 2, 1928 - May 24, 2014) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont from 1987 to 1993.

Biography

Swenson was ordained deacon in 1960 and priest on June 29, 1961 in St Martin's by-the-lake, Minnetonka Beach, Minnesota. He served in multiple parishes in Minnesota. In 1986 he was elected as Coadjutor bishop of Vermont and a year later succeeded as diocesan bishop. He was consecrated on May 17, 1986, in the Chapel of St Michael the Archangel of Saint Michael's College in Winooski, Vermont. He retired in 1993. Senson died in Northfield, Minnesota on May 24, 2014. He was married to Sally Mason with whom he had three children.

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