Karl M. Block

The Right Reverend Karl Morgan Block D.D.
Bishop of California
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	California
In office	1941-1958
Predecessor	Edward L. Parsons
Successor	James Pike
Orders
Ordination	1910
Consecration	29 September 1938 by Edward L. Parsons
Personal details
Born	(1886-09-27)September 27, 1886 Washington D.C., United States
Died	September 20, 1958(1958-09-20) (aged 71)
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Sigismund Joseph Block & Joanna Christine Linder
Spouse	Nancy Holliday Shackelford
Children	2
Alma mater	George 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.

References

• The Living Church, February 8, 1936, p. 173.