Albion Knight
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Albion W. Knight, Jr. was the Presiding Bishop of the United Episcopal Church of North America from 1989 until his resignation in 1992. As the Presiding Bishop of the UECNA, Knight more than tripled the number of parishes belonging to the church, oversaw the establishment of the church's seminary, and negotiated an intercommunion agreement with the Anglican Catholic Church. He later helped found the Church of England (Continuing), a conservative church in England that opposes both the growth of Anglo-Catholic practices and doctrines within the Church of England and the more liberal religious and social stance of the Church of England.
Bishop Knight was born in Jacksonville, Florida and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1945. He retired in 1973 as a Brigadier General. He earned Masters degrees from the University of Illinois and American University. Knight was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church in the USA in 1964 and was priested in that church in 1965.
He joined the United Episcopal Church of North America in 1983 and later became the bishop of its Eastern diocese before being elected its presiding bishop. His consecrator was the Rt. Rev. Charles D. D. Doren, the first bishop in the Continuing Anglican movement and first bishop of the UECNA.
Albion W. Knight, Jr. has the distinction of having been the son of a bishop of the Episcopal Church in the USA and was also, in 1992, the vice-presidential candidate of the US Taxpayers Party in the U.S. presidential election.[1]
Bishop Knight currently lives in retirement in Bethesda, Maryland.
References
- ^ Davies, Philip John. US Elections Today. Manchester, UK: Manchester UP, 1999.
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| Preceded by Charles D. D. Doren |
Presiding Bishop of the United Episcopal Church of North America | Succeeded by John C. Gramley |
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| New political party | U.S. Taxpayers Party vice presidential candidate 1992 |
Succeeded by Herb Titus |
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