Frank Cerveny
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The Right Reverend Frank Stanley Cerveny |
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| Bishop of Florida | |
| Church | The Episcopal Church |
| See | Florida |
| In office | 1974 — 1992 |
| Predecessor | Edward Hamilton West 1956-1974 |
| Successor | Stephen Hays Jecko 1993-2004 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1958 |
| Consecration | May 23, 1974 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 4, 1933 Ludlow, Massachusetts |
The Right Reverend Frank Stanley Cerveny (born June 4, 1933) was the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Florida and the 699th bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, a province of the Anglican Communion.
Frank Cerveny was born in Ludlow, Massachusetts in the Springfield, Massachusetts metropolitan area and grew up during the depression. He graduated from Trinity College in 1955 with a B.A., then earned a Master of Divinity from the General Theological Seminary in 1958. Cerveny has been awarded four honorary doctorates.
His first parish was in Miami, Florida at Church of the Resurrection, where he was ordained as a priest in December, 1958. Next, Reverend Cerveny served on the staff of Trinity Church in New York City for several years. He married Emmy Thomas Pettway on November 1, 1961 and they had three children. He became rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Jackson, Tennessee in the Fall of 1963, then led St. John's Episcopal Church in Knoxville, Tennessee beginning in 1969.
Rev. Cerveny was called to Jacksonville, Florida in July, 1972 and served as Dean at St. John’s Cathedral. He was elected bishop Coadjutor on February 23, 1974 and consecrated on May 23, 1974 as the 6th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Florida.
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