Chandler Sterling

Chandler Winfield Sterling (28 January 1911 – 3 March 1984) was a bishop of Montana in The Episcopal Church.[1]

The Right Reverend

Chandler Winfield Sterling

D.D.
Bishop of Montana
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseMontana
In office1957–1968
PredecessorHenry Hean Daniels
SuccessorJackson Earle Gilliam
Orders
OrdinationDecember 1938
Consecration30 October 1956
by Henry Hean Daniels
Personal details
Born(1911-01-28)January 28, 1911
Montclair, New Jersey, United States
DiedMarch 3, 1984(1984-03-03) (aged 73)
Summit, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States
BuriedNashotah House Cemetery
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsRobert Winfield Sterling & Mary Eleanor Chandler
SpouseCatherine Ricker
Children8
Alma materNorthwestern University

Biography

Sterling was born on January 28, 1911 in Dixon, Illinois, the Son of Robert Winfield Sterling and Mary Eleanor Chandler. He attended public schools in Dixon and Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He graduated from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in June 1938 and was ordained deacon that same month. He was ordained priest in December of the same year. On June 17, 1935 he married Catherine L. Ricker with whom he had 8 children.

Priesthood

His first appointment was as curate at St Augustine's Church in Wilmette, Illinois and Grace Church in Oak Park, Illinois. In 1941 he became rector of St Andrew's Church in Milwaukee and served as locum at Grace Church in Freeport, Illinois from 1943 till 1944. In 1944 he became rector of Our Savior's Church in Elmhurst, Illinois, a post he held until 1950 when he became rector of Grace Church in Chadron, Nebraska and was subsequently in charge of the mission in northwest Nebraska. He also served as chairman of the youth commission in the Diocese of Chicago and chairman of the Department for religious education in the Diocese of Nebraska.

Bishop

Stirling was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Montana in May 1956. He was consecrated on October 30, 1956 in St Peter's Pro-Cathedral by Henry Hean Daniels, Bishop of Montana. His co-consecrators were Howard R. Brinker of Nebraska and Joseph Minnis of Colorado.[2]

References
  1. Sterling, Chandler Winfield (1965). Little Malice in Blunderland. New York: Morehouse-Barlow.
  2. Sterling, Chandler Winfield (1957). The Living Church Annual. New York: Morehouse-Gorham Company.
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