Herman Page (father)

{{Short description|American Episcopal bishop (1866–1942)}}

{{For|the son|Herman Page (son)}}

{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = Bishop

| honorific-prefix = The Right Reverend

| name = Herman Riddle Page

| title = Bishop of Northern Michigan

| honorific-suffix = D.D.

| image = Bishop Herman Riddle Page.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| church = Episcopal Church

| archdiocese =

| diocese = Northern Michigan

| see =

| term = 1939–1942

| elected = November 15, 1939

| predecessor = Hayward S. Ablewhite

| successor = Herman R. Page, Jr.

| ordination = November 1891

| ordained_by = Ethelbert Talbot

| consecration = January 28, 1915

| consecrated_by = Daniel S. Tuttle

| rank =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1866|05|23}}

| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, United States

| death_date = {{death date and age|1942|04|21|1866|05|23}}

| death_place = Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

| buried = St Paul's Cathedral

| previous_post = Bishop of Spokane (1915-1923)
Bishop of Idaho (1919)
Bishop of Michigan (1924-1939)

| spouse = Mary Moorhead Riddle

| children = Herman R. Page, Jr.

| parents = Eben Blake Page & Harriet Josephine Woodward

| alma_mater = Harvard University

| nationality = American

| religion = Anglican

}}

Herman Riddle Page (May 23, 1866 – April 21, 1942) was an American bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. He was the second bishop of the Missionary District of Spokane, fourth bishop of the Idaho, fifth bishop of the Michigan, and fourth bishop of the Northern Michigan. His son, Herman R. Page, Jr., succeeded him as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan.{{cite web|url=https://bentley.umich.edu/research/guides/detroit/detroit_search.php?heading=10 |title=Detroit |publisher=University of Michigan |work=Bentley Historical Library |accessdate=March 18, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318104920/http://bentley.umich.edu/research/guides/detroit/detroit_search.php?heading=10 |archivedate=March 18, 2014 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.upepiscopal.org/About%20Us/centennial-history.html | title=Centennial History | publisher=Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan | accessdate=March 18, 2014 | archive-date=March 18, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318121432/http://www.upepiscopal.org/About%20Us/centennial-history.html | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://christchurchcranbrook.org/site/the-exterior-sculptures-of-christ-church-cranbrook/ | title=The Exterior Sculptures of Christ Church Cranbrook | publisher=Christ Church Cranbrook | accessdate=March 18, 2014 | archive-date=March 18, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318110156/http://christchurchcranbrook.org/site/the-exterior-sculptures-of-christ-church-cranbrook/ | url-status=dead }}

Biography

Page was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 23, 1866, to Eben Blake Page and Harriet Josephine (née Woodward). He attended the Boston Latin School and Harvard University (A.B. 1888). In 1891 he graduated from the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge and was ordained that year. He held several positions including Holy Trinity Mission, Wallace, Idaho (a mining camp); St. Luke's Church in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; St. John's Church in Fall Rivers, Massachusetts and Christ Church, Swanee. In 1900 he moved to St. Paul's Church in Chicago, Illinois, and in 1915 became the bishop of the Missionary District of Spokane, Washington. He served as chair of the Episcopal Church's Commission on Marriage and Divorce during a period when divorce was the subject of debate.{{Cite web |last=TIME |date=1940-09-16 |title=Religion: Episcopalians and Divorce |url=https://time.com/archive/6764048/religion-episcopalians-and-divorce-2/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=TIME |language=en}}

He was married to Mary Riddle Page, had a brother, John E. Page of Boston, and a son, the Reverend Herman R. Page.{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oQjSAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA78 |title=The Living Church Annual 1943 |publisher=Morehouse-Gorham Company |accessdate=October 28, 2017}}

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