Paul Reeves (bishop of Georgia)
Bishop of the Episcopal Church
George Paul Reeves (October 14, 1918 – April 15, 2010) was an American bishop. He was the Seventh Bishop of Georgia in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA).
Life
Paul Reeves was born October 14, 1918, in Roanoke, Virginia. He was a 1940 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Randolph-Macon College and received a Bachelor in Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School in 1943. On December 18, 1943, he married Adele Ethel Beer. He was ordained as a deacon on May 6, 1948, and to the priesthood on All Saints Day (November 1) of the same year. He served as Navy chaplain aboard the USS Piedmont during World War II. After three years serving as a chaplain at Ruge Hall at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, Reeves became the rector of All Saints' Church in Winter Park, Florida. He also served as the rector of the Church of the Redeemer in Sarasota, Florida, from 1959 to 1965. He served 15 years—the last eight as president—on the standing committee of the Diocese of Central Florida and was a deputy to three general conventions. In parish ministry, he last served as the rector of St.
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