Ashby consecrated as Western Kansas bishop in Great Bend
The Rev. John Forsythe Ashby was consecrated Thursday as the second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas by Presiding Bishop John Maury Allin. Elected Feb. 14 in Great Bend, Ashby succeeds Rt. Rev. William Davidson, who moves to Ohio as assistant bishop. Ashby, born Tulsa 1929, holds degrees from Oklahoma State University and the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest. He has served as vicar and rector in Oklahoma and is married with two daughters and three grandchildren.
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Episcopal
John Forsythe Ashby
Episcopal Diocese
Western
Kansas
John Maury Allin
Episcopal Church
Ashby
Great Bend
William Davidson
Davidson
Ohio
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma State University
Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest
Oklahoma
St. Luke’s Church
Ada
Theological presence at 1982 World Energy Exposition
Protestant and Catholic groups will present a theological presence at the 1982 International Energy Exposition in Knoxville. The exhibit aims to urge visitors toward responsible stewardship of creation under the theme Energy Turns the World. Rev. Harold K. Bales will direct the ecumenical project, featuring films and materials stressing that the earth is the Lord's.
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Knoxville
Harold K. Bales
United Methodist
Nashville
Bales
Groundbreaking for Dodge City Catholic church underway
Bishop Eugene J. Gerber turned the first spadeful at a ground breaking for a new $1 million church serving 650 households in the 17 year old St. Dominic parish at 615 J. C. Street. The 15,000 square foot building seats 1,000 with wood and Kansas limestone exterior.
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Eugene J. Gerber
Dodge City
St. Dominic
J. C. Street
St. Dominic School
Kansas
Jean Poulin
Omaha
Irene Garcia
Florian Geier
Eugene Heiman
Clifford Hope
Donald Huelskamp
Robert Schreiber
Mark Strasser
Larry Ward
St. Mary’s Parish
Finney
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O.F.M. Cap
CLE Center
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3Rd
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Church
Sharon Christensen
First
Fellowship Hall
Main
Lavon Burrows
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Farmer Brothers Modern Radio & TV
Hammons Lumber
SEOTI
Satanta Satanta Electronics
Scott City Wall
eustHt
New York
Lutheran Peace Fellowship
Havana, Cuba
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U.S
NACD
Finney County Soil Conservation Office
Knights of Columbus
Center
Marion Forst
Garden Center
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