Background
Burton, Spence was born on October 4, 1881 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Caspar Henry and Byrd Waithman (Spence) Burton.
Burton, Spence was born on October 4, 1881 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Caspar Henry and Byrd Waithman (Spence) Burton.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Harvard, 1903, Master of Arts, 1904. Bachelor of Divinity, General Theological Seminary, 1907, South.T.D. (honorary), 1939. Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Nashotah (Wisconsin) House, 1930.
Unmarried.
Reporter New York Daily News, 1903-1904. Ordered deacon, Episcopal Church, 1907. Assistant Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Boston, 1907-1908.
Ordained priest, 1908.
Novice of Society of Saint John the Evangelist, Cowley-Saint John, Oxford, England, 1908-1912. Professed religious, 1912.
Master of novices and master of lay brothers, Society of Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Francis House, Cambridge, Msss., 1913-1921. Superior of Branch House of Society of Saint John the Evangelist, San Francisco, rector Church of the Advent, San Francisco, and chaplain California State Prison, San Quentin, California, 1922-1924.
Father superior of America Congregation of Society of Saint John the Evangelist, headquarters at Monastery of Saint Mary and Saint John, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and chaplain general Sisters of Saint Margaret in United States of America, Canada and Haiti, 1924-1939.
Consecrated bishop, 1939. Suffragan bishop of Haiti and Dominican Republic, 1939, Nassau from 1942.
Born in 1881 and educated at Harvard University, he was ordained in 1908. After a short spell as an assistant priest at Street John the Evangelist, Boston he was to spend the next 30 years with the Society of Saint John the Evangelist eventually becoming Father Superior of the American Congregation. In 1939, he was appointed Suffragan Bishop of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Three years later, he was translated to Nassau, finally resigning in 1962.
He died on 15 February 1966. A college he founded during his episcopate recently celebrated its 60th anniversary.
Member American Church University, Clerical Association for Maintenance and Defense of Catholic Principles. Clubs: Queen City of Caspar Henry Burton, 1921.