Arthur Selden Lloyd

Arthur Selden Lloyd (May 3, 1857 – July 22, 1936) was president of the Board of Missions of the Episcopal Church. He was the coadjutor bishop for the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia from 1909 to 1911 and then Suffragan Bishop of New York from 1921 until 1936.[1][2][3]

The Right Reverend Arthur Selden Lloyd D.D.
Suffragan Bishop of New York
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	New York
Elected	May 12, 1921
In office	1921-1936
Orders
Ordination	June 24, 1881 by Francis McNeece Whittle
Consecration	October 20, 1909 by Daniel S. Tuttle
Personal details
Born	(1857-05-03)May 3, 1857 Mount Ida, Virginia, United States
Died	July 22, 1936(1936-07-22) (aged 79) Darien, Connecticut, United States
Buried	Ivy Hill Cemetery (Alexandria, Virginia)
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	John Janney Lloyd Eliza Armistead Selden
Spouse	Elizabeth Robertson Blackford ( m. 1880)
Previous post	Coadjutor Bishop of Virginia (1909-1910)
Education	Virginia Polytechnic Institute University of Virginia Virginia Theological Seminary

Biography

He was born in Mount Ida, Virginia on May 3, 1857 to John Janney Lloyd and Eliza Armistead Selden.[1][4]

He was educated at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, the University of Virginia, the Virginia Theological Seminary with a D.D., and later he attended Roanoke College. He entered the ministry of the Episcopal Church and was ordained deacon on June 25, 1880, and priest on June 24, 1881. He then served as a missionary in Prince Edward County, Virginia till 1885. Between 1885 and 1899, he was rector of St Luke's Church in Norfolk, Virginia. From 1900 until 1909 he was general secretary of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. He married Elizabeth Robertson Blackford on June 30, 1880.[1]

Lloyd was elected to numerous bishoprics which he declines, notably Bishop of Mississippi in 1903, Bishop of Kentucky in 1904, Bishop Coadjutor of Southern Virginia in 1905 and Coadjutor Bishop of Maryland in 1908. However, in the summer of 1909 he was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Virginia, which he accepted. He was consecrated on October 20, 1909 in Christ Church (Alexandria, Virginia) by Presiding Bishop Daniel S. Tuttle.[1] He resigned his bishopric in 1910 and went back to the Church Missions House where he had served prior to his election. He was selected as its president and reelected din 1916. When the missionary society was revamped in 1919, the presidency held by Bishop Lloyd was abolished and he in turn he became rector of St Bartholomew's Church in White Plains, New York. On May 12, 1921, he was elected Suffragan Bishop of New York, a post he retained till his death.

His wife died in 1932.[5] He died in July 22, 1936 in Darien, Connecticut.[6]

References

1. "Arthur Selden Lloyd". Men and Women of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries. 1909. p. 1036.
2. "Lloyd, Arthur Selden". www.episcopalchurch.org. Episcopal Church. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
3. "Extracts from the Correspondence of Arthur Selden Lloyd (1938)". anglicanhistory.org. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
4. Kennedy, Mary Selden (1911-01-01). Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families. Frank Allaben Genealogical Company.
5. "Mrs. Arthur Selden Lloyd, wife of bishop, Dies. Succumbs to Heart Disease. Celebrated Her Golden Wedding Two Years Ago". New York Times. March 27, 1932. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
6. "Bishop A. Lloyd Of New York Dies. Former Mission Board Head, 79, Was Senior Suffragan of Episcopal Church Here. Had Refused Four Sees. Finally Accepted Leadership of Virginia Diocese. Urged Religious Entente". New York Times. July 23, 1936. Retrieved 2015-08-11.

External links

• Extracts from the Correspondence of Arthur Selden Lloyd (1938) from Project Canterbury