Lloyd E. Gressle

Lloyd Edward Gressle (June 13, 1918 – December 7, 1999) was an American Anglican bishop who served as the Bishop of Bethlehem from 1971 to 1983.

The Right Reverend Lloyd Edward Gressle D.D., D.H.L.
Bishop of Bethlehem
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Bethlehem
In office	1971-1983
Predecessor	Frederick J. Warnecke
Successor	Mark Dyer
Orders
Ordination	September 1943 by Beverley Dandridge Tucker
Consecration	September 26, 1970 by John E. Hines
Personal details
Born	June 13, 1918 Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died	December 7, 1999 (aged 81) East Quogue, New York, United States
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Edward William Gressle & Olga I. Hoppensack
Spouse	Marguerite Louise Kirkpatrick
Children	3
Previous post	Coadjutor Bishop of Bethlehem (1970-1971)
Alma mater	Oberlin College

Education

Gressle was born on June 13, 1918, in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Edward William Gressle and Olga I. Hoppensack. He was educated at Oberlin College from where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in 1940. He then studied in Bexley Hall from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity in 1943. He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity in 1958 from Kenyon College and a Doctor of Humane Letters in 1981 from Lehigh University.[1]

Ordained Ministry

Gressle was ordained deacon on March 27, 1943 in Christ Church, Shaker Heights, Ohio, by Bishop Beverley Dandridge Tucker of Ohio and priest that September by the same bishop.[2] That same year, on July 12, he married Marguerite Louise Kirkpatrick, with whom he had three children. Between 1943 and 1948, he served as rector of St James' Church in Wooster, Ohio and in 1948 he became rector of St John's Church in Sharon, Pennsylvania. Between 1956 and 1969 he was the Dean of the Cathedral St John in Wilmington, Delaware and in 1969 he became rector of St James' Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.[3]

Bishop

Gressle was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Bethlehem in 1970 and was consecrated by Presiding Bishop John E. Hines on September 26, 1970, at the Packer Memorial Chapel of Lehigh University. He was enthroned as sixth bishop of Bethlehem on December 4, 1971 and gained responsibility of the diocese on January 1, 1972.[4] He was a member of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church and was a trustee of St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem. He retired in December 1983.

References

1. "GRESSLE, LLOYD EDWARD". Who's who in Religion: 197. 1992.
2. "Deacons". The Living Church. 106 (15): 23. April 11, 1943.
3. "Bishop Gressle of Bethlehem Dies". The Living Church. 220: 10. January 2, 2000.
4. Deemer, Philip (1971). "Gressle". Episcopal Year: 110.

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