Anson Phelps Stokes (bishop)

Anson Phelps Stokes, the 3rd (January 11, 1905 - November 7, 1986) was the eleventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts in Boston, Massachusetts from 1956 to 1970.

This article is about the Episcopal bishop. For his father, the priest, see Anson Phelps Stokes (philanthropist). For his grandfather, the multimillionaire banker, see Anson Phelps Stokes.
The Right Reverend

Anson Phelps Stokes III

D.D.
Bishop of Massachusetts
ChurchEpiscopal Church
SeeMassachusetts
In office1956–1970
PredecessorNorman Burdett Nash
SuccessorJohn Melville Burgess
Orders
OrdinationMarch 19, 1933
by James Craik Morris
ConsecrationDecember 4, 1954
by Henry Knox Sherrill
Personal details
BornJanuary 11, 1905
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
DiedNovember 7, 1986 (aged 81)
Brookline, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsAnson Phelps Stokes & Caroline Green Mitchell
SpouseHope Procter
Children2
Previous post(s)Coadjutor Bishop of Massachusetts (1954-1956)
EducationYale University
Episcopal Divinity School
Kenyon College
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