Background
He was born on 18 November 1915 in Marvin, South Dakota, the son of Ernest Ray and Mae E. (née Wheeler) Doren.
He was born on 18 November 1915 in Marvin, South Dakota, the son of Ernest Ray and Mae E. (née Wheeler) Doren.
Doren served as a series of parishes in the United States of America, including a period as a Canon of Street Mark"s Cathedral, Minneapolis. He was later a missionary in of Korea holding the office of Archdeacon for some years before returning to the United States and settling in Paoli, Pennsylvania. Bishop Doren, Bishop Chambers and Bishop Pagtakhan then consecrated James Mote, Robert Morse and Francis Watterson.
Bishop Doren is regarded as, in effect, the "Primus" of the four bishops consecrated for the Continuing Anglican movement.
lieutenant is these consecrations which began what would become the multi-jurisdictional Continuing Anglican movement. Bishop Doren was later translated to the smaller Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic States due to a temporary breakdown in his health where he served until late 1980.
However, unlike a traditional Archbishop, he did not exercise authority as primate, but this remained vested in the House of Bishops as a whole. As required by the Canons, he retired as Archbishop of the UECNA in April 1989, this being the General Convention following his 72nd birthday.
Bishop Albion Williamson Knight, Junior.
(1924 to 2012) being elected to succeed him. Archbishop Doren initially lived in retirement in Pennsylvania, but later moved to Florida.