Edward William Osborne Explained

Type:Bishop
Edward William Osborne
Honorific Suffix:SSJE
Elected:1904
Term:1906–1916
Retired:-->
Predecessor:George Franklin Seymour
Successor:Granville Hudson Sherwood
Ordination:1870
Ordained By:Charles Ellicott
Consecration:October 23, 1904
Consecrated By:George Franklin Seymour
Birth Date:5 January 1845
Birth Place:Calcutta, India
Death Place:San Diego, California, US
Previous Post:Coadjutor Bishop of Springfield (1904–1906)
Alma Mater:Worcester College, Oxford

Edward William Osborne (January 5, 1845 - July 5, 1926) was the second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Springfield.

Biography

Edward William Osborne was born in Calcutta, India, on January 5, 1845, son of Francis Osborne and Louisa White.[1] He was educated at Worcester College, Oxford, graduating in 1869. He was ordained deacon in 1869, and priest in 1870. He became curate of Highworth in 1869 and then of Kenn, Devon, in 1872. He then served as a priest of the Society of St. John the Evangelist in Boston from 1878 to 1904.[2]

In 1904, Osborne was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Springfield, and was consecrated to the episcopate on October 23, 1904. He became diocesan bishop in 1906, and retiring as Bishop of Springfield in 1916. He died in San Diego, California.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography . IV . Thomas William . Herringshaw . Thomas William Herringshaw . . 344 . 1914 . 2020-07-22 . Google Books.
  2. 1949. OSBORNE, EDWARD WILLIAM. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge . 279.
  3. News: Osborne . . 16 . 1926-07-08 . 2020-07-22 . Newspapers.com.