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Karl M. Block

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The Right Reverend

Karl Morgan Block

D.D.
Bishop of California
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseCalifornia
In office1941-1958
PredecessorEdward L. Parsons
SuccessorJames Pike
Orders
Ordination1910
by Alfred Harding
Consecration29 September 1938
by Edward L. Parsons
Personal details
Born(1886-09-27)September 27, 1886
DiedSeptember 20, 1958(1958-09-20) (aged 71)
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsSigismund Joseph Block & Joanna Christine Linder
SpouseNancy Holliday Shackelford
Children2
Previous post(s)Coadjutor Bishop of California (1938-1941)
Alma materGeorge Washington University

Karl Morgan Block (September 27, 1886 – September 20, 1958) was the fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California.

Biography

Following education at George Washington University and Virginia Theological Seminary he was ordained to the diaconate and priesthood in 1910. He served as chaplain at Woodberry Forest School, and then rector of Grace Church, Haddonfield, New Jersey; All Saints Church, Norristown, Pennsylvania; St John's Church, Roanoke, Virginia; and St. Michael and St. George's Church, St. Louis, Missouri. He was consecrated as coadjutor bishop of California by Edward L. Parsons and co-consecrated by Benjamin D. Dagwell on September 29, 1938.

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