The Right Reverend Charles Sumner Burch |
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9th Bishop of New York | |
Burch cropped from team portrait of 1875 University of Michigan baseball team
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Church | Episcopal Church |
In office | 1919-1920 |
Predecessor | David H. Greer |
Successor | William T. Manning |
Personal details | |
Born | June 30, 1855 Pinckney, Michigan, United States |
Died | December 20, 1920 New York City, New York, United States |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Charles Sumner Burch (1854, Pinckney, Michigan – 1920, New York City) was an American Protestant Episcopal clergyman.
He was graduated from the University of Michigan, and entered the publishing business in Chicago. From 1897 to 1905 he was editor of the Grand Rapids' Evening Press. He had taken deacon's orders in 1895 and was ordained priest in 1905.
After being rector of Saint Andrew's, Staten Island, New York City, for six years he was consecrated suffragan bishop of New York in 1911. He succeeded David Hummell Greer as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.