John Pares Craine
John Pares Craine was the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Indianapolis in The Episcopal Church, serving from 1959 until his death on Christmas Eve in 1977, shortly before his scheduled retirement.[1] He supported the ordination of women.[2]
References
- ^ Booth, Joyce Marks (1988). A History of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis, 1838-1988. Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing. p. 115.
- ^ Lantzer, Jason S. (2012). Mainline Christianity: The Past and Future of America's Majority Faith. New York: NYU Press. p. 60. ISBN 9780814753309.
Bishop John Craine, a man respected by both liberals and conservatives within his denomination and diocese, was a supporter of female ordination.