Albert R. Stuart
American bishop (1905–1973)
Albert Rhett Stuart (January 20, 1906 - April 17, 1973), born in Washington, DC, was the Sixth Bishop of Georgia. He was the 532nd bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA).
Education
Stuart was educated at the Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia. He was a graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary.
Episcopacy
Albert Rhett Stuart was consecrated as the sixth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia on October 20, 1954, in St. Pauls, Augusta. He had been elected during the diocesan convention of 1954 when seventeen persons were nominated to succeed Bishop Barnwell. Even with the large field of candidates, Stuart was elected on the second ballot. He was then serving as the Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans, and had previously served as rector of the Church of the Redeemer in Greenwood, South Carolina and as rector of St. Michael's, Charleston.
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