Henry Wise Hobson II was the Bishop for the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio

Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio

The Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over southern Ohio and The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh. It is in Province 5 and its cathedral, Christ Church Cathedral, is in Cincinnati as are the office of the...

. At the time of his death was the oldest bishop in the Episcopal Church

Episcopal Church (United States)

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, and when he was consecrated at the age of 38 in 1929, he was the youngest Episcopal bishop in the United States. He was also involved with the founding of Forward Movement Publications at the Episcopal Church.

Biography

He graduated from Phillips Academy

Phillips Academy

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, Andover in 1910 and Yale University

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 in 1914, then was an officer in the infantry during World War I

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 and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross

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 for his heroism in France, after being wounded twice. After the war he started at the Episcopal Divinity School

Episcopal Divinity School

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 in Cambridge, Massachusetts

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, and he graduated in 1920. He was then the rector of All Saints Episcopal Church

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 in Cambridge, and in 1930 he moved to the Cincinnati at the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio

Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio

The Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over southern Ohio and The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh. It is in Province 5 and its cathedral, Christ Church Cathedral, is in Cincinnati as are the office of the...

. His son Henry Wise Hobson III married Elizabeth Mary Balch in 1941. His daughter Margery Thayer Hobson married Gerard Thomas on February 13, 1955. Henry Wise Hobson died on February 10, 1983.