Tom Shaw (bishop)
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The Right Reverend Tom Shaw SSJE |
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| Bishop of Massachusetts | |
| Church | Episcopal Church (United States) |
| See | Massachusetts |
| In office | 1995–2014 |
| Predecessor | David Elliot Johnson |
| Successor | Alan McIntosh Gates |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1971 |
| Consecration | 1994 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Marvil Thomas Shaw |
| Born |
August 28, 1945 Battle Creek, Michigan |
| Died | October 17, 2014 (aged 69) West Newbury, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
Marvil Thomas "Tom" Shaw III SSJE (August 28, 1945 – October 17, 2014) was an Episcopal bishop. He was the fifteenth Bishop of Massachusetts.
Marvil Thomas Shaw was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, to Marvil Thomas II and Wilma Sylvia (née Janes) Shaw. He was a graduate of Alma College and held a Master of Divinity degree from General Theological Seminary in New York and a Master of Arts degree in theology from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
Shaw was ordained to the priesthood in 1971 and served as curate at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England, from 1970 to 1972 and as assistant rector of St. James' Church in Milwaukee from 1972 to 1974.
In 1975, he entered the Society of St. John the Evangelist, a religious order of priests and lay brothers in the Anglican Communion. Life professed in the society in 1981, he served a term as its superior, beginning in 1983, during which he established the retreat center at Emery House in West Newbury, Massachusetts; began Cowley Publications, an Episcopal publishing house; and developed a Boston-area program for inner-city boys and their families. In demand nationwide as a preacher, retreat leader and spiritual director, he served in 1993 as chaplain to the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church. He wrote extensively, including his 2007 book, Conversations with Scripture and Each Other (Rowman & Littlefield).
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