Arthur Selden Lloyd
{{Short description|American coadjutor bishop}}
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| honorific-prefix = The Right Reverend
| name = Arthur Selden Lloyd
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| title = Suffragan Bishop of New York
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| church = Episcopal Church
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| diocese = New York
| elected = May 12, 1921
| term = 1921–1936
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| ordination = June 24, 1881
| ordained_by = Francis McNeece Whittle
| consecration = October 20, 1909
| consecrated_by = Daniel S. Tuttle
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1857|5|3}}
| birth_place = Mount Ida, Virginia, United States
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1936|7|22|1857|5|3}}
| death_place = Darien, Connecticut, United States
| buried = Ivy Hill Cemetery (Alexandria, Virginia)
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| nationality = American
| religion = Anglican
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| parents = {{unbulleted list|John Janney Lloyd|Eliza Armistead Selden}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Elizabeth Robertson Blackford|June 30, 1880}}
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| previous_post = Coadjutor Bishop of Virginia (1909-1910)
| education = {{unbulleted list|Virginia Polytechnic Institute|University of Virginia|Virginia Theological Seminary}}
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Arthur Selden Lloyd (May 3, 1857 – July 22, 1936) was president of the Board of Missions of the Episcopal Church. He was the coadjutor bishop for the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia from 1909 to 1911 and then Suffragan Bishop of New York from 1921 until 1936.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Arthur Selden Lloyd |year=1909 |encyclopedia=Men and Women of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries |page=1036 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=KOgUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1036 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.episcopalchurch.org/library/glossary/lloyd-arthur-selden|title=Lloyd, Arthur Selden |publisher=Episcopal Church|website=www.episcopalchurch.org|access-date=2016-06-24}}{{Cite web|url=http://anglicanhistory.org/usa/aslloyd/extracts1938.html|title=Extracts from the Correspondence of Arthur Selden Lloyd (1938)|website=anglicanhistory.org|access-date=2016-06-24}}
Biography
He was born in Mount Ida, Virginia on May 3, 1857, to John Janney Lloyd and Eliza Armistead Selden.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X6xRAAAAMAAJ|title=Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families|last=Kennedy|first=Mary Selden|date=1911-01-01|publisher=Frank Allaben Genealogical Company|language=en}}
He was educated at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, the University of Virginia, the Virginia Theological Seminary with a D.D., and later he attended Roanoke College. He entered the ministry of the Episcopal Church and was ordained deacon on June 25, 1880, and priest on June 24, 1881. He then served as a missionary in Prince Edward County, Virginia till 1885. Between 1885 and 1899, he was rector of St Luke's Church in Norfolk, Virginia. From 1900 until 1909 he was general secretary of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. He married Elizabeth Robertson Blackford on June 30, 1880.
Lloyd was elected to numerous bishoprics which he declined, notably Bishop of Mississippi in 1903, Bishop of Kentucky in 1904, Bishop Coadjutor of Southern Virginia in 1905 and Coadjutor Bishop of Maryland in 1908. However, in the summer of 1909 he was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Virginia, which he accepted. He was consecrated on October 20, 1909, in Christ Church (Alexandria, Virginia) by Presiding Bishop Daniel S. Tuttle. He resigned his bishopric in 1910 and went back to the Church Missions House where he had served prior to his election. He was selected as its president and re-elected in 1916. When the missionary society was revamped in 1919, the presidency held by Bishop Lloyd was abolished and he in turn he became rector of St Bartholomew's Church in White Plains, New York. On May 12, 1921, he was elected Suffragan Bishop of New York, a post he retained till his death.
His wife died in 1932.{{cite news |title=Mrs. Arthur Selden Lloyd, wife of bishop, Dies. Succumbs to Heart Disease. Celebrated Her Golden Wedding Two Years Ago |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1932/03/27/archives/mrs-arthur-s-lloyd-wife-of-bishop-dies-succumbs-to-heart-disease.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 27, 1932 |access-date=2015-08-11 }} He died on July 22, 1936, in Darien, Connecticut.{{cite news |title=Bishop A. Lloyd Of New York Dies. Former Mission Board Head, 79, Was Senior Suffragan of Episcopal Church Here. Had Refused Four Sees. Finally Accepted Leadership of Virginia Diocese. Urged Religious Entente |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/07/23/archives/bishop-a-lloyd-of-new-york-dies-former-mission-board-head-79-was.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date= July 23, 1936 |access-date=2015-08-11 }}
References
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External links
- [http://anglicanhistory.org/usa/aslloyd/extracts1938.html Extracts from the Correspondence of Arthur Selden Lloyd (1938)] from Project Canterbury
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Category:Episcopal bishops of New York
Category:University of Virginia alumni
Category:Roanoke College alumni
Category:Virginia Theological Seminary alumni
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