Anson Phelps Stokes

Religious Leader

1905 – 1986

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Who was Anson Phelps Stokes?

Anson Phelps Stokes, Junior 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, he received a BA from Yale in 1927, a BD from the Episcopal Theological 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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Born
Jan 11, 1905
Religion
  • Episcopal Church
Died
Nov 7, 1986

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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