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The Right Reverend


George Edmond Bates
Bishop of Utah
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseUtah
In office1986–1996
PredecessorE. Otis Charles
SuccessorCarolyn Tanner Irish
Orders
Ordination1959
Consecration25 October 1986
Personal details
Born(1933-08-11)August 11, 1933
DiedMarch 30, 1999(1999-03-30) (aged 65)
Medford, Oregon, United States
SpouseSue Bates
Children2

George Edmond Bates (11 August 1933 – 30 March 1999) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah from 1986 to 1996.[1]

Biography

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He was born in Binghamton, New York on August 11, 1933. He received his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and his master of divinity degree from the Episcopal Theological SchoolinCambridge, Massachusetts. He was ordained to the deaconate in June 1958 and to the priesthood in 1959.[2] In 1986 he was elected as the ninth bishop of Utah[3] and was consecrated on October 25. He retired his post in June 1996 and was succeeded by The Rt. Rev. Carolyn Tanner Irish.[4]

Bates died of cancer on March 30, 1999, in Medford, Oregon.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bishop George Bates dies in Oregon He was bishop of Utah's Episcopal Diocese until '96". Deseret News. 1999-04-01. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  • ^ "The Living Church: Search Results". www.episcopalarchives.org. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  • ^ "Utah History Encyclopedia". www.uen.org. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  • ^ "Utah Bishop Irish, 81, Leaves Deep Civic Legacy". The Living Church. 2021-07-01. Retrieved 2023-10-16.

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