Right Reverend Herman Riddle Page |
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II Bishop of Spokane IV Bishop of Idaho V Bishop of Michigan IV Bishop of Northern Michigan |
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Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Spokane, Idaho, Michigan, Northern Michigan |
Predecessor | Lemuel Henry Wells, Charles D. Williams, James B. Funsten, Hayward Ablewhite |
Successor | Edward Makin Cross, Frank W. Creighton, Frank H. Touret, Herman R. Page, Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | 1866 Boston, Massachusetts |
Died | 1942 Ann Arbor, Michigan |
Children | Herman R. Page, Jr. |
Herman Riddle Page (1866–1942) was the second bishop of the Missionary District of Spokane, fourth bishop of the Idaho, fifth bishop of the Michigan, and fourth bishop of the Northern Michigan in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. His son, Herman R. Page, Jr., succeeded him as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan.
Page was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 23, 1866 to Eben Blake Page and Harriet Josephine (née Woodward). He attended Boston Latin School and Harvard University (A.B. 1888). In 1891 he graduated from Episcopal Theological School at Cambridge and was ordained that same year. He held several positions including Holy Trinity Mission, Wallace, Idaho (a mining camp); St. Luke's Church in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; St. John's Church in Fall Rivers, Massachusetts and Christ Church, Swanee. In 1900 he moved to St. Paul's Church in Chicago, Illinois, and in 1915 became the Bishop of the Missionary District of Spokane, Washington.
He was married to Mary Riddle Page, had a brother John E. Page of Boston, and a son Reverend Herman R. Page.