Vedder Van Dyck Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Right Reverend
Honorific-Suffix:D.D., S.T.D.
Vedder Van Dyck
Bishop of Vermont
Church:Episcopal Church
Diocese:Vermont
Elected:November 12, 1935
Term:1936–1960
Predecessor:Samuel B. Booth
Successor:Harvey Butterfield
Ordination:1915
Ordained By:Edwin Stevens Lines
Consecration:February 24, 1936
Consecrated By:James De Wolf Perry
Birth Date:July 18, 1889
Death Place:Burlington, Vermont, United States
Buried:Rock Point Cemetery, Burlington
Spouse:May Estelle Ketcham
Children:1
Parents:Vedder Van Dyck & Emily Adams
Alma Mater:Columbia College

Vedder Van Dyck (July 18, 1889 - August 2, 1960) was the fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont.[1]

Biography

A graduate of Columbia College (1918)[2] and the General Theological Seminary in New York (1914),[3] he was consecrated on February 24, 1936.[4] His consecrators were James DeWolf Perry, Henry Knox Sherrill and John T. Dallas.[5] Prior to this, Van Dyck was served Saint Mary's Church in Amityville, New York, where he was ordained as deacon (April 25, 1914), priest (1915), and priest-in-charge and rector (1917–1929).[6] He died in office on August 2, 1960, and was succeeded by Harvey D. Butterfield.[1]

He was a Freemason under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of New York.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Michaud, John Stephen . Christianity in Vermont: Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, New England Annual Conference, New England District . 978-1-1558-3472-6 . May 7, 2010 . General Books .
  2. Book: Catalogue . Columbia University . 339 . March 9, 1918 . February 9, 2014 .
  3. Book: The General Theological Seminary Catalogue . Chelsea Square . New York . 1914 . 101 .
  4. Book: The order of service for the consecration of the Reverend Vedder Van Dyck as a bishop in the church of God . 1936 . 12429135 .
  5. Web site: Bishops in The Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA (aka The Episcopal Church) . 26 March 2009 . Robert G. Eaton . February 9, 2014 .
  6. Web site: Clergy, Past and Present . St. Mary's Church . February 8, 2013 .
  7. Book: Denslow, William R. . 10,000 Famous Freemasons . 1957 . Missouri Lodge of Research . Columbia, Missouri, USA. (digital document by phoenixmasonry: vol. 1, 2, 3, 4)