Wilbur Emory Hogg
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The Right Reverend Wilbur Emory Hogg (1916 - May 10, 1986) was the sixth Bishop
of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany
in the United States
from 1974 until 1984.
and Philadelphia Divinity School. He was ordained
a priest in 1941, and served as a curate
, and later rector
, at St. Mary's in Burlington, New Jersey
until 1951. He served from 1951 to 1954 as a chaplain
in the United States Army
. Hogg was a priest
at St. Mary the Virgin in Falmouth, Maine
for 14 years, from 1954 to 1968.
Hogg was Dean
of the Saint Luke's Cathedral in Portland, Maine
from 1968 to 1974.
in the choir
at the Cathedral
of All Saints, as the 6th Bishop of Albany. Erastus Corning 2nd
, the mayor
of Albany at the time, attended his consecration liturgy.
Hogg was known to be a conservative, evangelistic
, anti-feminist and anti-gay rights. He banned the LGBT
group Integrity
from the Cathedral in 1983. However, he ordained some of the first female "perpetual" or permanent deacon
s in the dicoese.
Hogg was an organizer of a conference on "Evangelical Catholicism" in 1977. In preparation for the Lake Placid
Olympics, Hogg "requested funding of the ecumenical religious ministry at the 1980 Olympic Winter Cames at Lake Placid, N.Y." He was also active in ecumenism
with the Roman Catholic Church
, encouraging the merger of schools of the two different denomination
s into Doane Stuart School
in 1975.
On October 10, 1983, David Standish Ball
, then Dean
of the Cathedral of All Saints
, was elected Bishop coadjutor of Albany. Ball was consecrated in early 1984 under apostolic succession
by Presiding Bishop
John Maury Allin
, bishop David E. Richards, formerly suffragan of Albany and then bishop of the Anglican diocese of Central America
, and Hogg. Hogg retired within the year. He died two years later, in 1986.
, having received both bachelor's and master's degrees in musicology
from Yale University
.
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany
Episcopal Diocese of Albany
The Episcopal Diocese of Albany is part of Province 2 of the Episcopal Church.-History:The Church of Englandarrived in 1674 with a chaplain assigned to the British military garrison at Albany, New York. In 1704 the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel sent two missionaries to the Mohawk...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
from 1974 until 1984.
Early life
Hogg was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and attended Brown UniversityBrown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
and Philadelphia Divinity School. He was ordained
Ordination
In general religious use, ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart as clergy to perform various religious rites and ceremonies. The process and ceremonies of ordination itself varies by religion and denomination. One who is in preparation for, or who is...
a priest in 1941, and served as a curate
Curate
A curate is a person who is invested with the care or cure of souls of a parish. In this sense "curate" correctly means a parish priest but in English-speaking countries a curate is an assistant to the parish priest...
, and later rector
Rector
The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
, at St. Mary's in Burlington, New Jersey
Burlington, New Jersey
Burlington is a city in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States and a suburb of Philadelphia. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 9,920....
until 1951. He served from 1951 to 1954 as a chaplain
Chaplain
Traditionally, a chaplain is a minister in a specialized setting such as a priest, pastor, rabbi, or imam or lay representative of a religion attached to a secular institution such as a hospital, prison, military unit, police department, university, or private chapel...
in the United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
. Hogg was a priest
Priest
A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
at St. Mary the Virgin in Falmouth, Maine
Falmouth, Maine
Falmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 11,185 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area....
for 14 years, from 1954 to 1968.
Hogg was Dean
Dean (religion)
A dean, in a church context, is a cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy. The title is used mainly in the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church.-Anglican Communion:...
of the Saint Luke's Cathedral in Portland, Maine
Portland, Maine
Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...
from 1968 to 1974.
Bishop of Albany
Hogg was elected Bishop of Albany in 1974, for which he expressed surprise. He was consecrated and installed that year in the cathedraCathedra
A cathedra or bishop's throne is the chair or throne of a bishop. It is a symbol of the bishop's teaching authority in the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, and has in some sense remained such in the Anglican Communion and in Lutheran churches...
in the choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
at the Cathedral
Cathedral
A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop...
of All Saints, as the 6th Bishop of Albany. Erastus Corning 2nd
Erastus Corning 2nd
Erastus Corning 2nd was an American politician. He was Mayor of Albany, New York for more than 40 years, from 1942 to 1983, when Albany County was controlled by one of the last two classic urban political machines in the United States. Albany's longest serving mayor, the Democrat died in office in...
, the mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of Albany at the time, attended his consecration liturgy.
Hogg was known to be a conservative, evangelistic
Evangelism
Evangelism refers to the practice of relaying information about a particular set of beliefs to others who do not hold those beliefs. The term is often used in reference to Christianity....
, anti-feminist and anti-gay rights. He banned the LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
group Integrity
Integrity
Integrity is a concept of consistency of actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations, and outcomes. In ethics, integrity is regarded as the honesty and truthfulness or accuracy of one's actions...
from the Cathedral in 1983. However, he ordained some of the first female "perpetual" or permanent deacon
Deacon
Deacon is a ministry in the Christian Church that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions...
s in the dicoese.
Hogg was an organizer of a conference on "Evangelical Catholicism" in 1977. In preparation for the Lake Placid
Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 2,638....
Olympics, Hogg "requested funding of the ecumenical religious ministry at the 1980 Olympic Winter Cames at Lake Placid, N.Y." He was also active in ecumenism
Ecumenism
Ecumenism or oecumenism mainly refers to initiatives aimed at greater Christian unity or cooperation. It is used predominantly by and with reference to Christian denominations and Christian Churches separated by doctrine, history, and practice...
with the Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
, encouraging the merger of schools of the two different denomination
Christian denomination
A Christian denomination is an identifiable religious body under a common name, structure, and doctrine within Christianity. In the Orthodox tradition, Churches are divided often along ethnic and linguistic lines, into separate churches and traditions. Technically, divisions between one group and...
s into Doane Stuart School
Doane Stuart School
The Doane Stuart School is an independent, coeducational school in Rensselaer, New York. The School claims a low student to teacher ratio and a rigorous college preparatory curriculum. The school also has emphases on community service and interfaith tolerance...
in 1975.
On October 10, 1983, David Standish Ball
David Standish Ball
The Right Reverend David Standish Ball was the seventh Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany in the United States from 1984 to 1998.-Childhood, education and calling:...
, then Dean
Dean (religion)
A dean, in a church context, is a cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy. The title is used mainly in the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church.-Anglican Communion:...
of the Cathedral of All Saints
Cathedral of All Saints
The Cathedral of All Saints, Albany, New York is the central church of the Episcopal See of the Albany and the seat of the Episcopal Bishop of Albany...
, was elected Bishop coadjutor of Albany. Ball was consecrated in early 1984 under apostolic succession
Apostolic Succession
Apostolic succession is a doctrine, held by some Christian denominations, which asserts that the chosen successors of the Twelve Apostles, from the first century to the present day, have inherited the spiritual, ecclesiastical and sacramental authority, power, and responsibility that were...
by Presiding Bishop
Presiding Bishop
The Presiding Bishop is an ecclesiastical position in some denominations of Christianity.- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America :The Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is the chief ecumenical officer of the church, and the leader and caretaker for the bishops of the...
John Maury Allin
John Maury Allin
John Maury Allin was the 23rd presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.-Biography:He was born in Helena, Arkansas. He graduated from the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee, and its divinity school, then called St. Luke's Seminary, in 1945. He earned a Master of Education degree in 1962...
, bishop David E. Richards, formerly suffragan of Albany and then bishop of the Anglican diocese of Central America
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
, and Hogg. Hogg retired within the year. He died two years later, in 1986.
Lota Hogg
Hogg was married to the former Lota W. Curtis, who was born in 1912, and who died in Albany in 1979. Lota Hogg was an accomplished music teacher at Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury College
Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college located in Middlebury, Vermont, USA. Founded in 1800, it is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States. Drawing 2,400 undergraduates from all 50 United States and over 70 countries, Middlebury offers 44 majors in the arts,...
, having received both bachelor's and master's degrees in musicology
Musicology
Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...
from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
.
External links
- Cathedral of All Saints web site
- Episcopal Diocese of Albany official web site
- Image of Bishop Wilbur Emory Hogg
See also
- Ima HoggIma HoggIma Hogg , known as "The First Lady of Texas", was an American philanthropist, patron and collector of the arts, and one of the most respected women in Texas during the 20th century. Hogg was an avid art collector, and owned works by Picasso, Klee, and Matisse, among others...
- List of Episcopal bishops (U.S.)