Albion W. Knight

The Right Reverend

Albion W. Knight

D.D.
Coadjutor Bishop of New Jersey
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseNew Jersey
ElectedOctober 9, 1923
In office1923–1936
Orders
Ordination1883
by John F. Young
ConsecrationDecember 21, 1904
by Daniel S. Tuttle
Personal details
Born(1859-08-24)August 24, 1859
DiedJune 9, 1936(1936-06-09) (aged 76)
BuriedEvergreen Cemetery (Jacksonville, Florida)
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsGeorge Augustine Knight & Martha Demere
SpouseElise Nicoll Hallowes
Miriam Powell Yates
Previous post(s)Bishop of Cuba (1905-1913)
Chancellor of the University of the South (1913-1922)

Albion Williamson Knight (August 24, 1859 - June 9, 1936) was a bishop in the Episcopal Church, serving in Cuba and the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey.

History[edit]

He was born in White Springs, Florida and educated at the University of the South. Following ministry in parishes in Georgia and Florida, he was consecrated in 1904 for missionary work in Cuba. He resigned this jurisdiction in 1913 to serve as Bishop Coadjutor of New Jersey, retiring in 1935.

He was the son of George Augustine Knight (1830-1877), a merchant, and his wife Martha née Demere (1824-1862). He married first Elise Nichol Hallowes (1853-1918) and had a daughter Ada Nicoll Knight (1893- ) and a son Albion Williamson Knight (1891-1953); his second marriage was to Miriam Yates, née Powell (1879-1958).

His grandson, Brigadier General Albion W. Knight, Jr. (1924-2012), also became a minister in the Episcopal Church, before joining the United Episcopal Church of North America and becoming its presiding bishop.

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