Donald MacAdie explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Right Reverend
Donald MacAdie
Honorific-Suffix:D.D., S.T.D.
Suffragan Bishop of Newark
Church:Episcopal Church
Diocese:Newark
Elected:April 29, 1958
Term:1958–1963
Predecessor:Theodore R. Ludlow[1]
Successor:George Rath[2]
Ordination:March 1925
Ordained By:Edwin Stevens Lines
Consecration:October 22, 1958[3]
Consecrated By:Benjamin M. Washburn
Co-Conscrators - Arthur C. Lichtenberger and Leland Stark
Birth Date:5 December 1899
Birth Place:Bayonne, New Jersey, United States
Death Place:Passaic, New Jersey, United States
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Nationality:American
Religion:Anglican
Parents:John MacAdie & Ella Jordan
Spouse:Ruth A. Comer (m. 1922, d. 1951)
Helen L. Myer (m. 1953)
Children:1 (John)
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Alma Mater:Kenyon College
General Theological Seminary

Donald MacAdie (December 5, 1899 – August 1, 1963) was a suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, serving from 1958 to 1963.[4]

Biography

MacAdie was born in Bayonne, NJ in 1899 and his mother's name was Ella.[5] He attended Kenyon College where he was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity. While at Kenyon he was drafted into the Student Army Training Corps during World War I[6] and attended Officers Training School at Camp Grant, IL.[7] After being discharged at the end of the war, he graduated from Kenyon in 1922 then attended Bexley Hall before transferring to General Theological Seminary where he graduated in 1924.[6] He would later attain a Doctorate of Sacred Theology (STD) from General Theological Seminary in 1958.[4]

He was ordained in 1925. Before his ordination, he was involved in youth work at St. Thomas' Church in New York City.[3] His first assignment was as rector of St. Mary's Church in Haledon, New Jersey, where he stayed until 1929. From 1929 to 1931 he was the executive secretary of the diocese's social service and field department. From 1931 to 1958 he was the rector of St. John's Church in Passaic, New Jersey.[6]

In 1958 he was named Suffragan Bishop of Newark and received an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Kenyon.[8] [9] He was presented to his consecration by Bishops Frederick J. Warnecke and James P. deWolfe.[3] His duties included oversight of the churches in Bergen, Passaic, Warren, and Sussex counties. He also was in charge of the diocese's promotion, education, youth, urban work, social work, and laymen's work organizations.[10]

During his life, he was married twice, first to Ruth Comer MacAdie (with whom he had a son, John)[11] and then Helen Myer MacAdie.[4]

He died in Passaic, New Jersey, at the Passaic General Hospital, of an intestinal lesion and a heart ailment.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Previous Bishops of Newark. The Episcopal Diocese of Newark.
  2. News: . Suffragan Bishop is Consecrated. The New York Times. New York, New York. March 7, 1964. September 10, 2018.
  3. November 2, 1958. 137. 18. This Living Church. New Suffragan for Newark. 15.
  4. August 11, 1963. 147. 6. This Living Church. Bishop MacAdie Dies. 8.
  5. Web site: United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. National Archives and Records Administration.
  6. Summer 1963. 50. 2. The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Adytum on High. 88.
  7. January 1919. 5. 4. The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Service List - Lambda. 190.
  8. Fall 1958. 45. 3. The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Lambda Chapter - Kenyon College. 167–168.
  9. News: . Degrees To Be Given At Inauguration. The Kenyon Collegian. Gambier, Ohio. September 19, 1958. September 10, 2018.
  10. December 28, 1958. 137. 26. This Living Church. Bishop MacAdie's Duties. 4–5.
  11. Web site: United States Census, 1930. National Archives and Records Administration.