The Right Reverend Benjamin Franklin Price Ivins (October 6, 1884-December 2, 1962) was the seventh Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee

Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee

Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America located in the southern area of Wisconsin. It is in Province V . The Rt. Reverend Steven Miller is the bishop.-Cathedral:...

. Following studies at Nashotah House

Nashotah House

Nashotah House is an Anglo-Catholic seminary of the Episcopal Church located in Nashotah, Wisconsin, approximately 30 miles from Milwaukee, in the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee. The seminary opened its doors in 1842 and received its official charter in 1847...

 Theological Seminary, he was ordained to the diaconate in 1909 and to the priesthood in 1910. He was an veteran of World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

. Ivins graduated from Valparaiso University

Valparaiso University

Valparaiso University, known colloquially as Valpo, is a regionally accredited private university located in the city of Valparaiso in the U.S. state of Indiana. Founded in 1859, it consists of five undergraduate colleges, a graduate school, a nursing school and a law school...

 and received his masters from University of Wisconsin. Ivins practiced law briefly in Wisconsin. Ivins was consecrated at Cathedral Church of All Saints, Milwaukee

Cathedral Church of All Saints, Milwaukee

The Cathedral Church of All Saints is the bishop's church of the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. The current parish is a descendant of a small mission by the Right Reverend Jackson Kemper. It is located in Milwaukee's downtown Yankee Hill neighborhood.The Gothic...

 on May 7, 1925. He succeeded William Walter Webb

William Walter Webb

The Right Reverend William Walter Webb , sixth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee, was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. On November 10, 1886 he was ordained to the priesthood by the Right Reverend John Williams, Bishop of Connecticut...

as diocesan bishop in 1933.