David Leighton

David Keller Leighton, Sr. (January 22, 1922 – August 7, 2013) was the American bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland 1972–1985.

The Right Reverend David Keller Leighton D.D.
Bishop of Maryland
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Maryland
In office	1972-1985
Predecessor	Harry Lee Doll
Successor	A. Theodore Eastman
Orders
Ordination	1955
Consecration	November 30, 1968 by John E. Hines
Personal details
Born	(1922-01-22)January 22, 1922 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	August 7, 2013(2013-08-07) (aged 91) Sykesville, Maryland, United States
Buried	St. Thomas Church (Owings Mills, Maryland)
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Frank Kingsley Leighton & Irene Adele Keller
Spouse	Carolyn Ruth Smith (m. 1945)
Children	3
Previous post	Coadjutor Bishop of Maryland (1968-1972)

Early Life and Education

Leighton was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on January 22, 1922, the son of Frank Kingsley Leighton and Irene Adele Keller. He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. On January 18, 1945, he married Carolyn Ruth Smith and together had three children. In 1947, Leighton graduated from Northwestern University and worked for General Motors. He then went to Virginia Theological Seminary and was ordained a priest in 1955. In 1969 he was awarded a Doctor of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary.

Ordained Ministry

After ordination in 1955, he became curate of Calvary Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and in 1956 he became rector of St Andrew's Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Between 1959 and 1963, he served as rector of the Church of the Holy Nativity in Forest Park, Baltimore. He subsequently was a teacher of sacred studies at the St. Paul's School (Brooklandville, Maryland). Later, he became Archdeacon of Maryland, a post he retained till 1968. [1]

Episcopacy

In 1968, he was elected coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Maryland and was consecrated on November 30, 1968, at Emmanuel Church, in Baltimore, by Presiding Bishop John E. Hines. He succeeded as diocesan bishop in January 1972. He was the first Bishop of Maryland to ordain the first woman to the priesthood in the Diocese of Maryland in 1977. Leighton retired in 1985. He died in Sykesville, Maryland.[2][3]

Notes

1. [https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2013/08/08/rip-retired-maryland-bishop-david-keller-leighton-sr/ RIP: Retired Maryland Bishop David Keller Leighton Sr.]
2. RIP: Retired Maryland Bishop David Keller Leighton, Sr.
3. Bp. Leighton dead at 91

External links

• The Culture is Changing by D. K. Leighton, Sr.