Background
Hubbard, Russell Sturgis was born on September 8, 1902 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Russell Sturgis and Elizabeth Russell (Perry) Hubbard.
Hubbard, Russell Sturgis was born on September 8, 1902 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Russell Sturgis and Elizabeth Russell (Perry) Hubbard.
Student St. George’s School, Rhode Island, 1915-1920. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1924. Bachelor of Divinity, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1927, Doctor of Divinity, 1949.
Student Trinity College, Cambridge, England, 1924-1925. Doctor of Laws, (honorary), Gonzaga University, Spokane.
Ordained deacon, Episcopal Church, 1927, priest 1928. Consecrated bishop, 1948. Assistant St. John’s Church, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1927-1929.
Priest in charge St. Paul’s Church, Vermillion, South Dakot, 1929-1932. Rector St. Martin’s Church, Providence, 1932-1941, St. Saviour’s Church, Bar Harbor, Maine, 1942-1948. Canon missioner Diocese of Maine, 1943-1948.
Suffragan bishop Diocese of Michigan, 1948-1954. Bishop of Spokane, 1954-1967.
Rotarian.
Married Anna Catherine Pratt, November 3, 1928. Children: Ann Perry (Mistress P.T. Austin), Jane Parkinson (Mistress John Keydell), Judith Bardbury (Mistress Thomas Osgood), Russell, Catherine Carroll (Mistress Richard A. Burke).