Stephen Keeler Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
Stephen Edwards Keeler
Honorific Suffix:D.D., S.T.D.
Bishop of Minnesota
Term:1943–1956
Retired:-->
Successor:Hamilton Hyde Kellogg
Ordination:June 3, 1914
Ordained By:Chauncey B. Brewster
Consecration:June 24, 1931
Consecrated By:Frederick Bingham Howden
Birth Date:16 April 1887
Death Place:Patrick Henry Village, Heidelberg, West Germany
Buried:St Mark's Cathedral, Minneapolis
Parents:Stephen Edwards Keeler & Annie Demarest Husted
Children:1
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Stephen Edwards Keeler (April 16, 1887 – September 25, 1956) was the fourth diocesan bishop of Minnesota in The Episcopal Church.

Early life and education

Keeler was born on April 16, 1887, in New Canaan, Connecticut, the son of Stephen Edwards Keeler and Annie Demarest Husted. He was educated at the Hoosick Preparatory School in Hoosick, New York. He then studied at Yale University, from where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1910. he also graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity from the General Theological Seminary in 1913. He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity by Kenyon College in 1928, and a Doctor of Sacred Theology from the General Theological Seminary in 1932.[1]

Ordained ministry

Keeler was ordained deacon on June 4, 1913 and priest on June 3, 1914. He served as a curate at St Paul's Church in Cleveland, Ohio between 1913 and 1915, and then as rector of St Stephen's Church in Pittsfield, Massachusetts between 1915 and 1923. In 1923, he became rector of St Paul's Church in Akron, Ohio, while in 1928 he transferred to Chicago to serve as rector of St Chrysostom's Church, where he remained till 1931.

Bishop

Keeler was consecrated as bishop coadjutor of Minnesota on June 24, 1931.[2] [3]

Keeler died on a trip to Germany in 1956 and was buried at St. Mark's Cathedral in Minneapolis,[4] which he consecrated in 1941.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Knoble . John . August 15, 1954 . A portrait of Bishop Keeler . The Living Church . 129 . 7 . 13–14 . November 10, 2016.
  2. Book: . The Living Church Annual: the Year Book of the Episcopal Church . New York . Morehouse-Gorham . 70 . 1932.
  3. News: . BISHOP KEELER DIES IN EUROPE . . September 26, 1956 . January 14, 2014.
  4. News: . STEPHEN KEELER, A BISHOP, IS DEAD; Head of Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota Succumbs on Church Trip to Europe--Played Host to Anglicans . . September 27, 1956.
  5. Web site: New Minnesota deans face change with calling and confidence . Bjordal . Joe . November 17, 2014 . The Episcopal Church . The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society . St. Mark’s was consecrated a cathedral in 1941 by then Bishop Stephen Keeler..