Sheldon Munson Griswold

Background

Griswold, Sheldon Munson was born on January 8, 1861 in Delhi, New York, United States. Son of Walter Hanford and Ann Elizabeth (Betts) Griswold.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Union College, 1882, Master of Arts, 1885. Graduate General Theological Seminary, 1885. Doctor of Divinity, Union, 1900, General Theological Seminary, 1903.

Career

Deacon and priest Protestant Episcopal Church, 1885. Rector Ilion, New York, 1885-1888, Little Falls, New York, 1888-1890, Hudson New York, 1890-1902. Elected, October 23, 1902, consecrated, January 8, 1903, missionary bishop of Salina.

Suffragan bishop of Chicago, January 8, 1917, bishop, February 1930.

Home: Evanston, Illinois.

Achievements

• Sheldon Munson Griswold has been listed as a noteworthy bishop by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Kate Maxwell van der Bogert, October 7, 1885.

Father:

Walter Hanford Griswold

Mother:

Ann Elizabeth (Betts) Griswold

Spouse:

Kate Maxwell van der Bogert