Raymond A. Heron

The Right Reverend Raymond Adams Heron D.D.
Suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Massachusetts
Elected	1937
In office	1938–1954
Predecessor	Samuel G. Babcock
Successor	Frederic C. Lawrence
Orders
Ordination	June 1917 by Charles P. Anderson
Consecration	February 16, 1938 by Henry St. George Tucker
Personal details
Born	(1886-12-17)December 17, 1886 Antrim, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	January 22, 1960(1960-01-22) (aged 73) Clinton, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Samuel Heron & Virginia Doumaux
Spouse	Grace Newhall Hale ​ (m. 1950)​
Children	3

Raymond Adams Heron (December 17, 1886 – January 22, 1960) was a suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts from 1938 to 1954.

Early life and education

Heron was born in Antrim, Pennsylvania on December 17, 1886, the son of Samuel Heron and Virginia Doumaux. He was educated at the Blossburg, Pennsylvania High School, and then at the State College, Pennsylvania, from where he graduated in 1904. He graduated with a Bachelor of Philosophy from Hobart College in 1908, and awarded a Doctor of Divinity in 1938. He worked as a teacher in numerous private schools between 1908 and 1913. In 1913, he enrolled at the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity in 1916.[1]

Ordained ministry

Heron was ordained deacon on June 1, 1916 by Bishop William Lawrence of Massachusetts, and then priest in June 1917 by Bishop Charles P. Anderson of Chicago.[2] He served as curate at St Paul's Church in Chicago between 1916 and 1920, and then rector of St Thomas' Church in Menasha, Wisconsin between 1920 and 1925. In 1925, he became rector of Grace Church in Lawrence, Massachusetts, while in 1937, he became the Archdeacon of Boston and Superintendent of the City Mission.[3]

Bishop

In 1937, Heron was elected Suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts and was consecrated on February 16, 1938 by Presiding Bishop Henry St. George Tucker, in Trinity Church.[4] He retired in 1954, and served as rector of various churches, including Trinity Church in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Heron died suddenly in Clinton Hospital, Clinton, Massachusetts, on January 22, 1960.

References

1. "HERON, Raymond Adams". Who's Who in Massachusetts: 377. 1940.
2. "HERON, Raymond Adams". Stowe's Clerical Directory of the American Episcopal Church: 166. 1953.
3. "A New Episcopal Bishop". Magazine of Sigma Chi. 58 (1): 38. 1939.
4. "New Bishop Consecrafed As Suffragan at Boston", New York Times, New York, NY, 17 February 1938. Retrieved on 2 December 2020.