Harold A. Hopkins Jr.
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The Right Reverend Harold Anthony Hopkins D.D. | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of North Dakota | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | North Dakota |
| Elected | October 18, 1979 |
| In office | 1980–1988 |
| Predecessor | George T. Masuda |
| Successor | Andrew Fairfield |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1955 |
| Consecration | February 18, 1980 by John Allin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 24, 1930 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | January 3, 2019 (aged 88) Portland, Maine, United States |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Harold Anthony Hopkins & Ellen Sophia Christianson |
| Spouse |
Nancy Stone Myer
(m. 1954; died 2018) |
| Children | 6 |
| Education | General Theological Seminary |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
Harold Anthony Hopkins Jr. (April 24, 1930 – January 3, 2019) was ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota, serving from 1980 to 1988.
Hopkins was born on April 24, 1930, in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Reverend Harold Anthony Hopkins Sr. and Ellen Sophia Christianson. He was educated at the Germantown Academy, and then at the University of Pennsylvania. He spent two years attending officers training in the US Navy, and then left after two years to study at the General Theological Seminary, graduating in 1955. He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity in 1980 from General.[1]
Ordained ministry
Hopkins was ordained to the diaconate and the priesthood in the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania in 1955. He served as assistant at Christ Church in Pelham Manor, New York between 1955 and 1957, and then moved to Millinocket, Maine to serve as rector of St Andrew's Church. In 1962, he became rector of St Saviour's Church in Bar Harbor, Maine. In 1969, he was appointed assistant to the Bishop of Maine, a post he retained till 1978 when he became Archdeacon of Maine. He also founded St Bartholomew's Church in Yarmouth, Maine.[2]
