Karl M. Block

Karl Morgan Block
The Right Reverend; Karl Morgan Block; D.D.
	Bishop of California
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	California
In office	1941-1958
Predecessor	Edward L. Parsons
Successor	James Pike
Orders
Ordination	1910; by Alfred Harding
Consecration	29 September 1938; by Edward L. Parsons
Personal details
Born	September 27, 1886; Washington D.C., United States
Died	September 20, 1958 (aged 71)
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Sigismund Joseph Block & Joanna Christine Linder
Spouse	Nancy Holliday Shackelford
Children	2
Previous post	Coadjutor Bishop of California (1938-1941)
Alma mater	George Washington University

Karl Morgan Block (September 27, 1886 – September 20, 1958) was the fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California.

Biography

Following education at George Washington University and Virginia Theological Seminary he was ordained to the diaconate and priesthood in 1910. He served as chaplain at Woodberry Forest School, and then rector of Grace Church, Haddonfield, New Jersey; All Saints Church, Norristown, Pennsylvania; St John's Church, Roanoke, Virginia; and St. Michael and St. George's Church, St. Louis, Missouri. He was consecrated as coadjutor bishop of California by Edward L. Parsons and co-consecrated by Benjamin D. Dagwell on September 29, 1938.

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References

The Living Church, February 8, 1936, p. 173.

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