Elmer N. Schmuck

Elmer Nicholas Schmuck (July 27, 1882 - April 28, 1936) was the third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming.

The Right Reverend

Elmer Nicholas Schmuck

D.D.
Bishop of Wyoming
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseWyoming
ElectedOctober 2, 1929
In office1929–1936
PredecessorNathaniel S. Thomas
SuccessorWinfred Hamlin Ziegler
Orders
OrdinationSeptember 19, 1906
by Samuel Cook Edsall
ConsecrationDecember 13, 1929
by Charles P. Anderson
Personal details
Born(1882-07-27)July 27, 1882
Peoria, Illinois, United States
DiedApril 28, 1936(1936-04-28) (aged 53)
Laramie, Wyoming, United States
BuriedSt Matthew's Cathedral
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsGeorge Schmuck & Rosa Bertha Schuette
Spouse
Katherine Currie
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(m. 1905)​
Alma materSeabury-Western Theological Seminary

Biography

Schmuck was born on July 27, 1882, in Peoria, Illinois, son of George Schmuck and Rosa Bertha Schuette. Following education at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, he married Katherine Currie in 1905. He was ordained deacon on May 28, 1905, and priest on September 19, 1906, by Bishop Samuel Cook Edsall of Minnesota.[1]

He was rector of St Paul's Church in Owatonna, Minnesota from 1906 to 1911, and rector of St John's Church in Linden Hills, Minneapolis from 1911 to 1923.[2] After two years as rector of St Mark's Church in Denver, Colorado, he was elected Missionary Bishop of Wyoming on October 2, 1929. He was consecrated bishop on December 13, 1929, in the Chapel of the Mediator in Philadelphia by Presiding Bishop Charles P. Anderson.[3] He was the only bishop consecrated by Presiding Bishop Anderson during his short primacy. Schmuck was awarded a Doctor of Divinity from Seabury in 1927. He died in office on April 28, 1936, and was buried in the cathedral close.

References
  1. "SCHMUCK , Elmer Nicholas". Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches: 375. 1933.
  2. "SCHMUCK , Elmer Nicholas". Who Was Who in America: 1089. 1897.
  3. "SCHMUCK ELMER N. D.D." The Living Church Annual: 113. 1931.
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