Anson Phelps Stokes (bishop)

Anson Phelps Stokes, the 3rd was the eleventh bishop of the Episcopal [Diocese of Massachusetts] in Boston, Massachusetts from 1956 to 1970.

Biography

He was the son of Anson [Phelps Stokes (philanthropist)|Anson Phelps Stokes] and grandson of Anson Phelps Stokes of Phelps Dodge. An alumnus of St. [Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)], 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 ordained deacon in 1932 and priest on March 19, 1933, in St. [Mark's Episcopal Church (Shreveport, Louisiana)|St Mark's Church], Shreveport, Louisiana.
He was married to Hope Procter of the family which founded Procter & Gamble.