Anson Phelps Stokes (bishop)

Anson Phelps Stokes, the 3rd (January 11, 1905 - November 7, 1986) was the eleventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts in Boston, Massachusetts from 1956 to 1970.

The Right Reverend Anson Phelps Stokes III D.D.
Bishop of Massachusetts
Church	Episcopal Church
See	Massachusetts
In office	1956-1970
Predecessor	Norman Burdett Nash
Successor	John Melville Burgess
Orders
Ordination	March 19, 1933 by James Craik Morris
Consecration	December 4, 1954 by Henry Knox Sherrill
Personal details
Born	January 11, 1905 New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Died	November 7, 1986 (aged 81) Brookline, Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Anson Phelps Stokes & Caroline Green Mitchell
Spouse	Hope Procter
Children	2
Previous post	Coadjutor Bishop of Massachusetts (1954-1956)

Biography

He was the son of Anson Phelps Stokes and grandson of Anson Phelps Stokes of Phelps Dodge. An alumnus of St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire), he received a BA from Yale in 1927, a BD from the Episcopal Theological School (now the Episcopal Divinity School), a DD from Kenyon College and later degrees from Columbia, Berkeley Divinity School, and Suffolk University. He was ordained deacon in 1932 and priest on March 19, 1933 in St Mark's Church, Shreveport, Louisiana.

He was married to Hope Procter of the family which founded Procter & Gamble.

References

• Web page about the three Anson Phelps Stokes
• New York Times Obituary of Hope Procter widow of Rt. Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes
• Episcopal Church Obituary of Hope Procter widow of Rt. Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes