Ralph E. Urban Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
Ralph E. Urban
Honorific Suffix:D.D., S.T.D.
Elected:June 15, 1932
Term:1932–1935
Retired:-->
Ordination:May 23, 1900
Ordained By:John Scarborough
Consecration:November 11, 1932
Consecrated By:James De Wolf Perry
Birth Date:29 March 1875
Parents:Abram Linwood Urban & Emma Louisa Trexter
Spouse:Mary Elizabeth Gunsaules (m. 1901)
Alma Mater:Princeton University

Ralph Ernest Urban (March 29, 1875 – May 19, 1935) was suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey.

Biography

He was born in Mount Hope, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. After studies at Princeton University and the General Theological Seminary, he was ordained deacon in 1899 and priest in 1900. He was rector of All Saints Church, Trenton, New Jersey from 1900 to 1931. He then became the first Dean of Trinity Cathedral and was also elected suffragan bishop of New Jersey on June 15, 1932, and consecrated on November 11, 1932.

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