Background
Mccormick, John Newton was born on February 1, 1863 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of John and Virginia (Newton) M.
Mccormick, John Newton was born on February 1, 1863 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of John and Virginia (Newton) M.
Bachelor of Arts, Randolph-Macon College, 1883, graduate in theology, 1883. Post-graduate Johns Hopkins, 1886-1888. Doctor of Divinity, University of the South, 1903.
Ordained Methodist Episcopal Church, South, ministry, 1884. Pastor Frederick, Maryland., 1884-1885, Arlington, Maryland., 1885-1887, Trinity Church, Baltimore, 1888-1889, Winchester, Virginia, 1890-1891. Became deacon, 1893, priest, 1894, Protestant Episcopal Church.
Rector Saint Paul’s, Suffolk, Virginia, 1893-1895, Saint Luke’s, Atlanta, Georgia., 1895-1898, Saint Mark’s, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1898-1906.
Consecrated bishop coadjutor, diocese of Western Michigan, February 14, 1906. Became bishop of the diocese, March 19, 1909, on death of Bishop Gillespie.
Bishop in charge American churches in Europe. Represented War communications of P.E. Church in France, 1917-1919, and major in American Red Cross, in charge of Red Cross Chaplain’s Bureau.
Major, chaplain, lieutenant colonel O.R.C., United States of America Chairman Michigan State Welfare Commission Deputy to general conversations, 1901, 04.
Author: Distinctive Marks of the Episcopal Church, 1902. The Litany and the Life, 1904. Pain and Sympathy, 1907.
Good News From a Far Country, 1910.
A Small Participant, 1933. Home: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Married Bessie Chapman Tucker, October 9, 1889. Children: James Donald, John Brian (deceased), Augustine, Virginia, Douglas.