Background
Primo, Quintin Ebenezer was born on July 1, 1913 in Liberty County, Georgia, United States. Son of Quintin Ebenezer and Alvira Wilhemena (Wellington) Primo.
Primo, Quintin Ebenezer was born on July 1, 1913 in Liberty County, Georgia, United States. Son of Quintin Ebenezer and Alvira Wilhemena (Wellington) Primo.
Bachelor, Lincoln U., 1934; STB, Lincoln U., 1937; Master of Divinity, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1941; Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Virginia Theological Seminary, 1973; Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Seabury-Western Seminary, 1972; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), St. Augustine's College, 1972; STD (honorary), General Theological Seminary, 1973.
Curate, St. Agnes' Church, Miami, Florida, 1941-1942; vicar, St. Gabriel's Church, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, 1942-1944; priest-in-charge, St. Stephen's Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1944-1945; vicar, St. Timothy's Church, Brooklyn, 1945-1947; vicar, St. Simon's Church, Rochester, New York, 1947-1961; rector, St. Simon's Church, Rochester, New York, 1961-1963; priest-in-charge, St. Matthew's Church, Wilmington, Delaware, 1963-1966; rector, St. Matthew's Church, Wilmington, Delaware, 1966-1969; rector, Detroit, 1969-1971; rector, St. Matthew's and St. Joseph's Church, Detroit, 1971-1972; suffragan bishop, Diocese of Chicago, 1972-1984; interim bishop, Delaware, 1985-1986.
Past board directors Bexley Hall Theological Seminary, Episcopalian Charities, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of Protestant Episcopal Church. Chairman Diocese of Chicago Commision on Metropolitan Affairs. Chairman of Commission urban affairs House of Bishops.
Chairman National Mission in Church Society. Co-founder Union Black Episcopalians. Life trustee Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, St. Augustine's College, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Member steering committee Episcopalian Urban Bishops. Board directors, past president Chicago Conference on Religion and Race. Former board directors National Safety Council.
Board directors Chicago chapter National Conference of Christians and Jews, Peninsula United Methodist Country Home Inc., Kalmar Nyckel Foundation. Member Clergy Association of Diocese of Chicago.
Married WinifredPriscilla Thompson, July 5, 1942. Children: Cynthia Priscilla, Quintin Ebenezer, Susan Alvira.