Charles Judson Child, Jr.

The Right Reverend Charles Judson Child, Jr. (April 25, 1923-January 5, 2004) was the seventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. He was consecrated as Bishop Suffragan in 1978, and served as Diocesan Bishop from 1983 to 1989.

Background

Judson Child was born on April 25, 1923, in North Bergen, New Jersey. In 1944, he graduated from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He later attended the School of Theology at the same institution and, in 1947, received his Master of Divinity.

On February 2, 1947, Judson Child was ordained as a Deacon by the Rt. Rev. Benjamin M. Washburn, Bishop of Newark, New Jersey. On March 1, 1948, Bishop Washburn ordained Child as a priest.

From 1947 to 1951, Child served as assistant to the rector of St. Paul’s, Paterson, New Jersey. In 1951, he became rector of St. Bartholomew's Church, Ho Ho Kus, New Jersey.

In 1967, having served sixteen years in Ho Ho Kus, Child took a post as Canon Pastor at St. Philip’s Cathedral in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1978, he was elected Bishop Suffragan, serving with Bishop Bennett J. Sims. Upon Sims's retirement, Bishop Child was elected Diocesan Bishop. He was installed in 1983 and retired in 1989. Renowned for his quick wit, open heart, and grand sense of humor, Bishop Child continued to be well loved and active in the diocese well after his retirement until his death on January 5, 2004.

Consecrators

* The Most Reverend John M. Allin, 23rd Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
* The Right Reverend Bennett J. Sims, 6th Bishop of Atlanta
* The Right Reverend Randolph R. Claiborne, Jr., 5th Bishop of AtlantaC. Judson Child was the 723rd bishop consecrated in the Episcopal Church.

ee also

* List of Bishop Succession in the Episcopal Church

References

* [http://www.episcopaldioceseofatlantacentennial.org/History/bishop_child.htm Atlanta Diocese Centenial History] page on Bishop Child.
* "The Episcopal Church Annual". Morehouse Publishing: New York, NY (2005).