Rev William A Guerry
William Alexander Guerry
American
William A Guerry was a notable American prelate and the eighth Bishop of South Carolina. - AsNotedIn
William A Guerry was a notable American prelate and the eighth Bishop of South Carolina. - AsNotedIn
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| 1861/07/07 | Margaret Serena Brailsford, wife of the Rev LeGrand Felder Guerry, gives birth to a son, William Alexander Guerry, in Clarendon County, South Carolina. | Born | |||||
| 1884/00/00 | William Alexander Guerry earn a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts at Sewanee: The University of the South. | Education | Sewanee: University of the South | Sewanee, TN | |||
| 1886/00/00 | Rev William A Guerry, professor of homiletic and pastoral theology at the School of Theology, is appointed chaplain of the University of the South. | Work | Sewanee: University of the South | Sewanee, TN | |||
| 1891/00/00 | William Alexander Guerry is awarded a Bachelor of Divinity from Sewanee: The University of the South. | Education | Sewanee: University of the South | Sewanee, TN | |||
| 1909/00/00 | We should strive for unity, not uniformity.... If we are to be truly catholic, as Christ himself is catholic, then we must have a church broad enough to embrace within its communion every living human soul. - Guerry to Episcopal leaders in Birmingham, AL | Vocation | |||||
| 1911/11/26 | Zion Protestant Episcopal Church is consecrated by Bishop William Alexander Guerry, who calls it "one of the most churchly and beautiful building in the diocese". | Vocation | Zion Protestant Episcopal Monument, Eastover | Eastover, SC | |||
| 1914/00/00 | Bishop Guerry proposes the election of a black suffragan bishop for South Carolina to be responsible for the ministry to black Episcopalians, and to insure that all people, regardless of race, are part of the community of Christ. | Vocation | |||||
| 1928/06/05 | J H Woodward shoots the Rev William A Guerry and then himself. After hearing two shots, Miss Henrietta Jervey, the Bishop's secretary, rushes to the office. | Health | St Philip's Episcopal Church | Charleston, SC | |||
| 1928/06/09 | The Right Rev William Alexander Guerry dies of apparent pneumonia at Roper Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina. He said of his assailant, "Forgive him, Father, he knew not what he did." | Died | |||||
| 1928/06/15 | The funeral service for Bishop William A Guerry at St Michael's Church in Charleston, South Carolina. | In Memoriam | St Michael's Episcopal Church | Charleston, SC | |||
| 1928/06/15 | Bishop William Alexander Guerry is buried at St Philip's Episcopal Church, Charleston, South Carolina. The grave is marked by an Irish Cross. | In Memoriam | St Philip's Episcopal Church | Charleston, SC |
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