Edmund Knox Sherrill

Edmund Knox Sherrill (died 2016)[1] was a missionary bishop in The Episcopal Church who served in Brazil.[2] He studied at Episcopal Theological School after serving in the U.S. Army for two years during World War II and graduating from Yale College.[3] He was ordained a bishop on 25 January 1959 in Rio de Janeiro, with his father, retired Presiding Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill, serving as chief consecrator.[4] He served until his retirement in 1984.[5]

Notes
  1. "In Memorium". Milton Magazine: 83. October 18, 2016.
  2. Johnson, Sherman (November 9, 1958). "The Painless Sell". The Living Church. 137 (19): 10.
  3. "ELISABETH BOWKER ENGAGED TO MARRY". New York Times. November 21, 1948. p. 81.
  4. "Consecrated Bishop". Hawaiian Church Chronicle. 49: 7. March 1959.
  5. Rafael Vilaca Epifani Costa (Autumn 2020). "The Online Council of the Diocese of Recife in 2020: New Ways of Church in Time of Crisis". Scottish Episcopal Institute Journal. 4.3: 79.


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