Background
Creighton, Frank Whittington was born on December 3, 1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Whittington) Creighton.
Creighton, Frank Whittington was born on December 3, 1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Whittington) Creighton.
Educated Northeast Manual Training High school and Brown’s College Preparatory School, Philadelphia. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Philadelphia Division School, 1915, South.T.D., 1926. Doctor of Divinity, Kenyon College, 1940.
Engaged in business, Philadelphia, 1898 to 1912. Lay reader, Saint Bartholomew’s Church, Wissinoming, Philadelphia, 1906-1913. Vicar Church of the Redeemer, Andalusia, Pennsylvania, 1913-1916.
Deacon, 1914, priest, 1915, Protestant Episcopal Church.
Examining chaplain, rector, Saint Andrew’s Parish, Albany, New York, 1916-1923. Rector, Saint Ann’s Church, Brooklyn, New York, 1923-1926.
Missionary bishop of Mexico, 1926-1933. Executive secretary Department of Domestic Missions, Protestant Episcopal Church, 1930-1933.
Suffragan bishop of Long Island and archdeacon of Queens and Nassau, 1933-1937.
Bishop coadjutor of Michigan, 1937-1939, bishop of Michigan since 1940.
Member Patriotic Order Sons of America. Clubs: Detroit, Economic.
Married Maude R. Hawk, August 15, 1903. Children: Thomas Hawk, William Forman.