Arnold Lewis
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Arnold Meredith Lewis (died May 2, 1994) was a bishop in The Episcopal Church, serving Western Kansas from 1956 to 1964 and the United States armed forces from 1964 to 1971.[1][2] He had previously been dean of St. John's Cathedral in Jacksonville, Florida.[3][4]
References
- ^ "The Right Reverend Arnold M. Lewis". Armed Forces and Federal Ministries: The Armed Forces Bishop. The Episcopal Church.
Arnold Lewis has the distinction of being the first Armed Forces Bishop of the Episcopal Church.
- ^ "Bishop Lewis Dies". The Living Church. 208 (24): 12. June 12, 1994.
The Rt. Rev. Arnold M. Lewis, fifth bishop of Western Kansas and later Suffragan Bishop for the Armed Forces, died May 2 at his home in Holly Hill, Florida, at the age of 90.
- ^ "BISHOPS ARE ELECTED; Episcopalian Session Assigns Missionary District Heads". The New York Times. September 14, 1955. p. 23.
The Very Rev. Arnold M. Lewis, Dean of St. John's Cathedral of Jacksonville, Fla., since 1951, today was elected Bishop of the missionary district of Salina, Kan., by the fifty-eighth triennial general convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- ^ "CATHEDRAL DEAN NAMED; New York Lay Work Executive Accepts Florida Call". The New York Times. December 27, 1950. p. 39.
The Rev. Arnold Meredith Lewis, executive director of the Presiding Bishop's Committee on Layman's Work in New York City, has accepted the call to become dean of St. John's Cathedral.