Stephen Keeler

The Right Reverend Stephen Edwards Keeler D.D., S.T.D.
Bishop of Minnesota
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Minnesota
In office	1943–1956
Predecessor	Frank McElwain
Successor	Hamilton Hyde Kellogg
Previous post(s)	Coadjutor Bishop of Minnesota (1931-1943)
Orders
Ordination	June 3, 1914 by Chauncey B. Brewster
Consecration	June 24, 1931 by Frederick Bingham Howden
Personal details
Born	(1887-04-16)April 16, 1887 New Canaan, Connecticut, United States
Died	September 25, 1956(1956-09-25) (aged 69) Patrick Henry Village, Heidelberg, West Germany
Buried	St Mark's Cathedral, Minneapolis
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Stephen Edwards Keeler & Annie Demarest Husted
Spouse	Eunice Daskam Stevens ​ ​ (m. 1915)​
Children	1
Alma mater	Yale University

Stephen Edwards Keeler (April 16, 1887 – September 25, 1956) was the fourth diocesan bishop of Minnesota in The Episcopal Church.

Early life and education

Keeler was born on April 16, 1887, in New Canaan, Connecticut, the son of Stephen Edwards Keeler and Annie Demarest Husted. He was educated at the Hoosick Preparatory School in Hoosick, New York. He then studied at Yale University, from where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1910. he also graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity from the General Theological Seminary in 1913. He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity by Kenyon College in 1928, and a Doctor of Sacred Theology from the General Theological Seminary in 1932.^[1]

Ordained ministry

Keeler was ordained deacon on June 4, 1913 and priest on June 3, 1914. He served as a curate at St Paul's Church in Cleveland, Ohio between 1913 and 1915, and then as rector of St Stephen's Church in Pittsfield, Massachusetts between 1915 and 1923. In 1923, he became rector of St Paul's Church in Akron, Ohio, while in 1928 he transferred to Chicago to serve as rector of St Chrysostom's Church, where he remained till 1931.

Bishop

Keeler was consecrated as bishop coadjutor of Minnesota on June 24, 1931.^[2][3]

Keeler died on a trip to Germany in 1956 and was buried at St. Mark's Cathedral in Minneapolis,^[4] which he consecrated in 1941.^[5]

See also

• List of Succession of Bishops for the Episcopal Church, USA

References

1. Knoble, John (August 15, 1954). "A portrait of Bishop Keeler". The Living Church. 129 (7): 13–14. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
2. The Living Church Annual: the Year Book of the Episcopal Church. New York: Morehouse-Gorham. 1932. p. 70.
3. "BISHOP KEELER DIES IN EUROPE". Spokane Daily Chronicle. September 26, 1956. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
4. "STEPHEN KEELER, A BISHOP, IS DEAD; Head of Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota Succumbs on Church Trip to Europe--Played Host to Anglicans". The New York Times. September 27, 1956.
5. Bjordal, Joe (November 17, 2014). "New Minnesota deans face change with calling and confidence". The Episcopal Church. The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. St. Mark's was consecrated a cathedral in 1941 by then Bishop Stephen Keeler.

External links

• The Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota