Bob Mize
Robert Herbert Mize Jr. (known as Bob) was Bishop of Damaraland from 1960[1] to his expulsion in 1968.[2] He was born on 4 February 1907 into an ecclesiastical family[3] in Emporia, Kansas,[4] and educated at the University of Kansas.[5] After his ordination in 1932 he worked with disadvantaged boys at a mission in western Kansas.[6]
In 1945, he founded the St. Francis Boys Home[7] at Ellsworth in the centre of the state, a position he held until his elevation to the episcopate.[8] A supporter of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament in the United States,[9] he died on 17 August 2000 and is buried in Ellis County, Kansas.[10]
References[]
- ^ "Ecclesiastical News Bishop Of Damaraland Nominated". The Times. August 16, 1960; pg. 10; Issue 54851; col D
- ^ "A Bishop Expelled". The Times. May 21, 1968; pg. 9; Issue 57256; col E
- ^ His father was Bishop of Western Kansas from 1921 to 1938.
- ^ Rootsweb
- ^ "Christian Experiment". Time. 22 December 1947.
- ^ 1935 Edition Yearbook of American Churches
- ^ Prairie Spirit, Diocese of Western Kansas Archived May 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Neal, Emily Gardiner (1963). Father Bob and His Boys. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis.
- ^ Project Canterbury
- ^ St Andrew’s cemetery, Buckey NW Township, Ellis Co, KS
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