See Massachusetts Role Bishop In office 1956—1970 Died November 7, 1986 | Predecessor Norman Burdett Nash Successor John Burgess Name Anson Stokes Ordination 1933 | |
Church Episcopal Church (United States) | ||
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. 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 married to Hope Procter of the family which founded Procter & Gamble.
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