John L. Said Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
John Lewis Said
Honorific Suffix:BSA
Suffragan Bishop of Southeast Florida
Diocese:Southeast Florida
Elected:October 29, 1994
Term:1995–2003
Retired:-->
Other Post:Assistant Bishop of Central Florida (2003-2018)
Ordination:1959
Consecration:February 25, 1995
Consecrated By:Edmond L. Browning
Birth Date:1932
Death Date:January 5, 2019 (age 86)
Buried:Church of the Nativity, Port St. Lucie, Florida
Nationality:American
Spouse:Ann Said
Children:4

John Lewis Said (1932 – January 5, 2019) served as Bishop Suffragan in the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida (1995–2003) and Assistant Bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida (2003–2018).

Said was born in Marion, Indiana, in 1932. He studied at Wabash College and Yale Divinity School. He was ordained deacon in 1958 and priest in 1959.[1] He then served parishes in Indiana and Florida. He also served as a missionary in Brazil from 1966 to 1969. In 1984 he became rector of St Kevin's Church in Opa-locka, Florida. In 1987, he joined the Brotherhood of St. Andrew.

On October 29, 1994, he was elected Suffragan Bishop of Southeast Florida and was consecrated to the episcopate on February 25, 1995, by Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning.[2] He served in that post until 2003 when he became Assistant Bishop of Central Florida. He also served as bishop in residence at the Church of the Nativity in Port St. Lucie, Florida. He died in Port St. Lucie, Florida, after a lengthy illness.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Gardenour, Jeff. "Diocese of Central Florida Remembers Bishop John Said", Diocese of Central Florida, 11 January 2019. Retrieved on 25 February 2020.
  2. . 19 March 1995 . Southeast Florida Consecration an Occasion to Reniew Mission . . 210. 6.
  3. https://livingchurch.org/2019/01/07/john-said-dies-at-86/ "John Said Dies at 86"