George Clinton Harris
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George Clinton Harris | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Alaska | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Alaska |
| Elected | November 21, 1980 |
| In office | 1981–1991 |
| Predecessor | David Cochran |
| Successor | Steven Charleston |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | December 1953 |
| Consecration | June 7, 1981 by John Allin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 19, 1925 |
| Died | May 7, 2000 (aged 74) Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Mary Jane Shotwell Harris |
| Children | 6 |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University |
George Clinton Harris (December 19, 1925 – May 7, 2000) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska from 1981 to 1991.
George Clinton Harris was born on December 19, 1925, in Brooklyn, New York City to Clinton George Harris and Meta Grace Werner. Harris graduated with a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Rutgers University in 1950 and with a Master of Sacred Theology from the General Theological Seminary in 1953. He was ordained deacon in May 1953 and a priest in December of the same year. On June 27, 1953, he married Mary Jane Shotwell, with whom he had 6 children.
His first assignment was as curate of the Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York City which he served between 1953 and 1955. Starting in 1955 he served as an assistant at Epiphany Church, Baguio City, Philippines and starting in 1957 as priest-in-charge at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Sagada, Philippines, until 1962. He was on sabbatical at Hartford Seminary until 1963. He returned to the Philippines in 1963 and served as Principal of St. Francis High School in Upi Cotobato on Mindanao until 1969. In 1970 he became rector of the four-church Lower Luzerne Parish in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. In 1974 he was appointed director of the Dakota Leadership Program in Mobridge, South Dakota, an extension training program for lay and ordained ministry in the two dioceses of North and South Dakota that served the different tribes of Dakota (or Sioux) Indian people.[1]