Cedric E. Mills
American Episcopal bishop (1903–1992)
Cedric Earl Mills (December 17, 1903 - July 3, 1992) was first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of the Virgin Islands, serving from 1963 to 1972.
Biography
Mills was born in Hartford, Connecticut on December 17, 1903, the son of Patrick Henry Mills and Sophannia Blount. He graduated from Lincoln University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1926. On June 20 of the same year he married Rebecca Esther Taylor. In 1929 he received his Master of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and his Bachelor of Sacred Theology from the Philadelphia Divinity School.
Mills was ordained deacon in May 1929 by Bishop Thomas J. Garland of Pennsylvania and priest in December of the same year by Francis M. Taitt, Coadjutor of Pennsylvania. He was immediately appointed Priest-in-charge of Ascension Chapel in West Chester, Pennsylvania, where he remained till 1937. Simultaneously he also served at St Cyril's Mission in Coatesville, Pennsylvania and St Mary's Church in Chester, Pennsylvania. He was also the Chaplain for the Episcopal students at Lincoln University, Dovington Industrial School and Cheyney State Teachers' College. Between 1935 and 1937 he was also an educator and taught science and mathematics at Dovington.
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