Norman Nash

The Right Reverend Norman Nash D.D.
Bishop of Massachusetts
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Massachusetts
Elected	December 1946
In office	1947–1956
Predecessor	Henry Knox Sherrill
Successor	Anson Phelps Stokes
Previous post(s)	Coadjutor Bishop of Massachusetts (1947)
Orders
Ordination	October 4, 1916 by William Lawrence
Consecration	February 14, 1947 by Henry Knox Sherrill
Personal details
Born	June 5, 1888 Bangor, Maine, United States
Died	January 3, 1963 (aged 74) Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Buried	Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Henry Sylvester Nash & Bessie Keefler Curtis
Spouse	Mariane Noble
Children	3

Norman Burdett Nash (June 5, 1888 – January 3, 1963) was the tenth bishop of Massachusetts in The Episcopal Church.

Early life and education

Nash was born in Bangor, Maine, on June 5, 1888, the son of the Reverend Henry Sylvester Nash and Bessie Keefler Curtis. He was educated at the Cambridge Latin School of Harvard College and at Williams College. He graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity from Episcopal Theological Seminary in 1915. He was awarded a Doctor of Sacred Theology from Western Theological Seminary, Williams College and Trinity College, respectively.

Ordination

Nash was ordained deacon on May 27, 1915 and priest on October 4, 1916 by the bishop of Massachusetts William Lawrence. After ordination he became professor of Christian social ethics at the Episcopal Theological Seminary and in 1939 became rector of St Paul's school in Concord, New Hampshire.

Bishop

Nash was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Massachusetts on the first ballot during a special convention that took place in St Paul's Cathedral in Boston in December 1946. He was consecrated on February 14, 1947, by Presiding Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill in Trinity Church, Boston. He became diocesan that same year and remained in the post till 1956.