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Charles W. MacLean

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The Right Reverend

Charles Waldo MacLean

S.T.D., D.D.
Suffragan Bishop of Long Island
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseLong Island
Elected1961
In office1962–1975
Orders
OrdinationFebruary 1929
by John T. Dallas
ConsecrationFebruary 14, 1962
by James P. deWolfe
Personal details
Born(1903-06-28)June 28, 1903
DiedMarch 22, 1985(1985-03-22) (aged 81)
Mineola, New York, United States
BuriedSt. Mary's Church in Shelter Island, New York
DenominationAnglican
ParentsHoward Douglas MacLean & Ethel May Holmes
SpouseGrace Elizabeth Mentzer (m. May 31, 1928)
Paula Featheringill
Children2

Charles Waldo MacLean (June 28, 1903 - March 22, 1985) was a suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island in New York.

Biography

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MacLean was born on June 28, 1903, in Lincoln, New Hampshire, the son of Howard Douglas MacLean and Ethel Holmes. He graduated from St Stephen's College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, in 1925 and then from the General Theological Seminary in New York City in 1928. He was ordained deacon in May 1928 and priest in February 1929. During his priestly ministry he served as curate of the Church of the Epiphany in New York City between 1928 and 1930, after which he became vicar of St John's Chapel in Richmond Hill, Queens. In 1933 he became rector of Grace Church in Riverhead, New York. In 1950 he was appointed archdeacon in charge of diocesan administration. He was also created as an honorary canon at the Cathedral of Incarnation in Garden City, New York, in 1947.

In 1961 he was elected Suffragan Bishop of Long Island and was consecrated on February 14, 1962, and served until retirement in 1975.[1] He died on March 22, 1985, in NYU Winthrop Hospital after a brief illness. Bishop Charles Waldo MacLean Episcopal Nursing Home in Queens, New York, is named in his memory.

References

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  1. ^ "Bishop MacLean". The Living Church. 114: 9. February 25, 1962.