Granville Gaylord Bennett (bishop)

Granville Gaylord Bennett (November 28, 1882 – October 3, 1975) was the second Bishop of Duluth and the eighth Bishop of Rhode Island in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

The Right Reverend

Granville Gaylord Bennett

D.D.
Bishop of Rhode Island
ChurchEpiscopal church
DioceseRhode Island
In office1946-1954
PredecessorJames De Wolf Perry
SuccessorJohn Seville Higgins
Orders
OrdinationJune 9, 1907
by Anson Rogers Graves
ConsecrationNovember 17, 1920
by Daniel S. Tuttle
Personal details
Born(1882-11-28)November 28, 1882
Deadwood, South Dakota, United States
DiedOctober 3, 1975(1975-10-03) (aged 92)
Barrington, Rhode Island, United States
BuriedForest Chapel Cemetery, Barrington
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsGranville Gaylord Bennett & Mary Dawson
SpouseMargaret Graves (1907-1920)
Mary Roswell Horr (1935-1975)
Children3
Previous postCoadjutor Bishop of Duluth (1920-1921)
Bishop of Duluth (1921-1932)
Auxiliary Bishop of Rhode Island (1932-1939)
Suffragan Bishop of Rhode Island (1939-1946)

Biography

Bennett was born in Deadwood, South Dakota on November 28, 1882, the son of Judge Granville Gaylord Bennett and Mary Dawson. He studied at the University of Nebraska and later at the Seabury-Western Theological Seminary. Bennett was ordained priest in 1907. He worked as a missionary among the Ojibwe Indians in Montana and Nebraska. He also served as rector of St Paul's Church in Minneapolis.

In 1920 he was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Duluth. He was consecrated in November of that same year by Presiding Bishop Daniel S. Tuttle. He succeeded as diocesan bishop in 1921. In 1931, Bennett was elected Auxiliary Bishop to Bishop James De Wolf Perry of Rhode Island and in 1938 he was elected Suffragan Bishop of Rhode Island. On November 19, 1946, he was elected as diocesan Bishop of Rhode Island. He remained in Rhode Island till 1954, when he resigned. Upon his death, he was the oldest Episcopal bishop by consecration date. Bennett was married twice, first to Margaret Graves whom he married in 1907 and together had 2 children, and later, after he death in 1920, married Mary Roswell Horr in 1935, with whom he had a son. [1]

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References
  1. Diocesan Press Service (October 20, 1975). "Two Retired Episcopal Church Bishops Die". Episcopal News Service. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
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