Richard T. Loring

Richard Tuttle Loring Jr. (February 7, 1900 - April 16, 1948) was an American prelate of the Episcopal Church, who served as the fifth Bishop of Springfield from 1947, till his sudden death in 1948.

The Right Reverend

Richard Tuttle Loring

D.D.
Bishop of Springfield
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseSpringfield
ElectedJune 9, 1947
In office1947-1948
PredecessorJohn Chanler White
SuccessorCharles A. Clough
Orders
OrdinationJune 1929
by Charles Lewis Slattery
ConsecrationOctober 18, 1947
by Henry Knox Sherrill
Personal details
Born(1900-02-07)February 7, 1900
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
DiedApril 16, 1948(1948-04-16) (aged 48)
Springfield, Illinois, United States
BuriedSt Paul's Cathedral
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsRichard Tuttle Loring & Mary Amory Leland
Spouse
Helen Dexter
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(m. 1928)​
Alma materHarvard College

Early Life and Education

Loring was born on February 7, 1900 in Newton, Massachusetts, to the Reverend Richard Tuttle Loring and Mary Amory Leland. His brother was Oliver Leland Loring, who became Bishop of Maine. He was educated at the Allen Military School in West Newton, Massachusetts, and then at Harvard College, graduating in 1924 with a Bachelor of Arts. He then commenced studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he studied for a little over two years, before shifting his studies to a theological focus at the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He graduated in 1929 with a Bachelor of Divinity.[1]

Ordained Ministry

Loring was ordained deacon in December 1928, and priest in June 1929, by Bishop Charles Lewis Slattery of Massachusetts. He served at Trinity Church in Concord, Massachusetts between 1926 and 1929. He then became rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Waban, Massachusetts in 1929, serving through 1937, when he became rector of St David's Church in Baltimore.[2]

Bishop

Loring was elected Bishop of Springfield at a special Synod on June 9, 1947. He was consecrated on October 18, 1947 at St Paul's Cathedral, by Presiding Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill.[3] Soon afterwards, he embarked on a visitation of the upper portion of his Diocese.[4] Loring died suddenly less than a year after his consecration, of a coronary thrombosis on April 16, 1948.[5]

References
  1. "RICHARD TUTTLE LORING". The Churchman. 139: 22. 1929.
  2. "Loring, Richard Tuttle". Stowe's Clerical Directory of the American Episcopal Church: 243. 1953.
  3. "Bishop Loring Consecrated". The Living Church. Vol. 115 no. 17. October 26, 1947. p. 3.
  4. "The Loring Episcopate: 1947-1948". OUR HISTORY. Episcopal Diocese of Springfield.
  5. "Bishop Loring of Springfield Dies Suddenly on April 16th". The Living Church. Vol. 116 no. 17. April 25, 1948. p. 3.
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