1. John Maury Allin was an American Episcopal bishop who served as the 23rd Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church from 1974 to 1985.
11 Facts About John Allin
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John Allin graduated from the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee, and its divinity school, then called St Luke's Seminary, in 1945.
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John Allin received a Master of Education degree in 1962 from Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi.
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John Allin was ordained deacon on June 6,1944, and priest on May 10,1945.
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John Allin served churches in Arkansas and Louisiana before becoming rector of All Saints' Junior College in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1958, a post he retained till 1961.
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John Allin was bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of Mississippi, with his consecration taking place at St James Church in Jackson, Mississippi, from 1961 to 1966.
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John Allin was elected bishop in 1966 and would serve until 1974.
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John Allin was involved in the Civil Rights Movement, helping to create the Committee of Concern, an alliance of ecumenical and civic leaders that helped rebuild more than 100 black churches that had been bombed by white supremacists in Mississippi.
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John Allin served until he was elected Presiding Bishop in 1974, as the "most conservative" of five candidates.
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John Allin was the last Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church to have opposed women's ordination and held a pro-life stance.
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John Allin was married to Ann; the couple had one son and three daughters.