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\"Bishop of Massachusetts\" Henry Knox Sherrill Signed Vintage Photo Todd Mueller:
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Up for sale a VERY RARE! \"Bishop of Massachusetts\" Henry Knox Sherrill Signed Vintage Photo.This item is certified authentic by Todd Mueller and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity.
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Henry Knox Sherrill was born inBrooklyn,New York, to Henry Williams and Maria (Prue) Knox Mills Sherrill. His father died when he was ten-years-old, and his mother raised him to be religiously observant. He graduated from Brooklyn\'sPolytechnic Preparatory Schoolin 1906, after which he attended theHotchkiss SchoolinLakeville,Connecticut, for a year. At age sixteen, he enteredYale College, from where he obtained hisBachelor of Artsdegree in 1911. While a student at Yale, he taughtSunday schoolatSt. Paul\'s ChurchinNew Havenand experienced a call to the ordained ministry. One of his greatest mentors at Yale wasHenry Sloane Coffin, aPresbyteriantheologian and educator.[He earned hisMaster of Divinitydegree from theEpiscopal Theological SchoolinCambridge,Massachusetts, in 1914. Sherrill wasordainedto thediaconateon June 7, 1914, and to thepriesthoodon May 9, 1915. He then served as an assistant minister atTrinity ChurchinBostonuntil 1917, when he became aRed CrosschaplainatMassachusetts General Hospital. He later became anArmychaplain, with the rank of First Lieutenant, at Base Hospital 6 inTalence, France. Upon his return from the war service, he served asrectorof theChurch of Our SaviourinBrooklinefrom 1919 to 1923. In 1921, he married Barbara Harris, with whom he had four children: Henry Williams, Edmund Knox, Franklin Goldthwaite, and Barbara Prue. He then returned to Boston\'s Trinity Church, where he had begun his ministry, as rector. In addition to his duties as rector, he served as aprofessorat the Episcopal Theological School and theBoston University School of Theology, and was active in various civic and religious organizations, including the Greater Boston Council of Churches. He also proved to be a gifted fundraiser, increasing Trinity\'s average annual contribution to the national church from $30,000 to $35,000—one of the largest of any Episcopalian parish in the country at that time. In 1928, he was electedCoadjutor bishopof theDiocese of Pennsylvania, but declined the position. On Oct. 14, 1930, Sherrill was consecrated the ninth Bishop of Massachusetts. He served in that position until June 1, 1947, when he resigned to become Presiding Bishop. He served on thePresident\'s Committee on Civil Rightsin 1946 for PresidentHarry Truman. From Jan. 1, 1947, until Nov. 14, 1958, he was Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. At the General Convention of 1943, a canon was passed which required the Presiding Bishop to tender to the House of Bishops the resignation of his previous jurisdiction to take effect on the date of assuming the office of Presiding Bishop or no later than six months thereafter.Sherrill was the first Presiding Bishop chosen after this canon was passed. While Presiding Bishop he led in the organization of the Episcopal Church Foundation and the establishment of the Seabury Press. Sherrill was the founding President of theNational Council of Churchesfrom 1950 to 1952, and one of the presidents of the World Council of Churches from 1954 until 1961. He was the first president of the National Council of Churches from 1950 until 1952. He resigned as Presiding Bishop in 1958 for reasons of health.[In 1953, Sherrill delivered thebenedictionat the inauguration of PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower.