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William Paul Barnds

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The Right Reverend

William Paul Barnds
Suffragan Bishop of Dallas
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseDallas
ElectedJune 9, 1966
In office1966–1973
PredecessorJoseph Harte
SuccessorRobert E. Terwilliger
Orders
OrdinationJanuary 18, 1933
by Robert Nelson Spencer
ConsecrationDecember 4, 1966
by John E. Hines
Personal details
Born(1904-08-05)August 5, 1904
DiedJanuary 23, 1973(1973-01-23) (aged 68)
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
BuriedSlater City Cemetery, Slater, Missouri
DenominationAnglican
ParentsWilliam Tyson Barnds, Virginia Florida Larsen
Spouse
Ida Lou Sterreit
(m. 1930)
Children3

William Paul Barnds (August 5, 1904 – January 23, 1973) was a suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas, serving from 1966 to 1973.

Early life and education

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Barnds was born in Sweet Springs, Missouri, on August 5, 1904, the son of William Tyson Barnds and Virginia Florida Larsen. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the Missouri Valley College in 1925, which also awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity in 1947. He also graduated with a Masters of Arts in 1927 from the University of Missouri and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Nebraska in 1949. He trained for the ordained ministry at the University of Chicago from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity in 1940 and then a Master of Sacred Theology from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in 1944. Seabury awarded him with an honorary Doctor of Sacred Theology in 1944. Barnds married Ida Lou Sterreit on June 30, 1930, and together had three children.[1]

Ordained ministry

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Barnds was ordained deacon on July 15, 1932, and priest on January 18, 1933, by Bishop Robert Nelson Spencer of West Missouri. He initially served as a lay rector and then deacon in charge of All Saints' Church in Nevada, Missouri, between 1931 and 1933, after which he became its rector until 1935. He transferred to Independence, Kansas, to become rector of Epiphany Church, where he remained until 1944. He was also simultaneously priest-in-charge of Ascension Church in Neodesha, Kansas, between 1937 and 1944 and chairman of the Department of Christian Education in the Diocese of Kansas between 1939 and 1944. He became rector of St James' Church in South Bend, Indiana, while in 1956 rector of Trinity Church in Fort Worth, Texas, where he served until his election to the episcopate.[2][3]

Bishop

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On June 9, 1966, Barnds was elected Suffragan Bishop of Dallas and was consecrated on September 15, 1966, in St Matthew's Cathedral, by Presiding Bishop John E. Hines. He died in office on January 23, 1973.[4][5] He was buried at Slater City Cemetery in Slater, Missouri.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "BISHOP WILLIAM PAUL BARNDS (616)". The Episcopal Church Annual: 237. 1967.
  2. ^ "BARNDS, William Paul". Stowe's Clerical Directory of the American Episcopal Church: 17. 1953.
  3. ^ "Rev. William Paul Barnds", Diocese of Northern Indiana. Retrieved on October 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "Barnds Consecrated in Dallas". The Living Church. 153: 5. October 2, 1966.
  5. ^ "William Paul Barnds", Nebraska Authors. Retrieved on October 29, 2021.
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