Elwood Lindsay Haines
| Right Reverend Elwood Lindsay Haines, D.D. |
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| V Bishop of Iowa | |
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| Church | Episcopal Church |
| See | Iowa |
| In office | May 31, 1944 - October 28, 1949 |
| Predecessor | Harry Sherman Longley |
| Successor | Gordon V. Smith |
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| Consecration | May 31, 1944 by Most Rev. Henry St. George Tucker |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 12, 1893 Woodstown New Jersey |
| Died | October 28, 1949 (aged 56) Los Angeles, California |
Elwood Lindsay Haines (March 12, 1893 – October 28, 1949) was a 20th-century bishop in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. He served as the bishop of the Diocese of Iowa from 1944-1949.
Haines was born in Woodstown, New Jersey to John and Jennie (Lindsay) Haines, and was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served in the United States Marine Corps during World War I. He and his first wife, Martina Gordon, had two children. She died in 1932 and he married Cornelia McCoy Smith in 1933, with whom he had a daughter.
He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Divinity School. After his ordination he served churches in York and Bethlehem in Pennsylvania and Glendale, Ohio. He served as a missionary in Liberia for four years and as the Executive Secretary for the Diocese of North Carolina. He was Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Louisville, Kentucky when he was elected on March 8, 1944 as the fifth bishop of Iowa.
Haines was the author of two books. In 1928 he published a book about his experiences as a missionary in Liberia entitled Poems of the African Trail, and in 1931 he published a children’s service book.
Bishop Haines was consecrated at Trinity Cathedral in Davenport on May 31, 1944. The chief consecrator was Presiding Bishop Henry St. George Tucker with nine other bishops present. He was the 448th Episcopal bishop consecrated in the United States. He served the Diocese of Iowa for five years until his death.
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