Frederick Joseph Kinsman
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Frederick Joseph Kinsman (September 27, 1868, Warren, Ohio
- June 18, 1944, Lewiston, Maine
) was an American Roman Catholic church historian who had formerly been a bishop
of the Protestant Episcopal Church
. From 1908 to 1919 he was Episcopal Bishop of Delaware
.
, Concord
, New Hampshire
, and at Keble College
, Oxford
. He served in the following positions:
On June 3, 1908, Kinsman was elected third Episcopal Bishop of Delaware. He received the required two-thirds majority on the first ballot in both the clergy and lay conventions. He was consecrated by Daniel Sylvester Tuttle
assisted by Ozi W. Whitaker and William Woodruff Niles
.
Kinsman was Episcopal Visitor of the Society of the Atonement
, an Episcopalian religious community which later became Roman Catholic. In 1918 he was one of the Protestant Episcopalian delegates at an ecumenical meeting with representatives of the Greek Orthodox Church
in New York City.
On May 14, 1919, Kinsman announced his intention to resign as Episcopal Bishop of Delaware the following October. He subsequently became a Roman Catholic. He was appointed professor of modern church history at The Catholic University of America
.
Kinsman lived the last eleven years of his life at the Marcotte Nursing Home
in Lewiston, Maine
, and died there in 1944.
Warren, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 46,832 people, 19,288 households and 12,035 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,912.4 people per square mile . There were 21,279 housing units at an average density of 1,322.9 per square mile...
- June 18, 1944, Lewiston, Maine
Lewiston, Maine
Lewiston is a city in Androscoggin County in Maine, and the second-largest city in the state. The population was 41,592 at the 2010 census. It is one of two principal cities of and included within the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine...
) was an American Roman Catholic church historian who had formerly been a bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of the Protestant Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...
. From 1908 to 1919 he was Episcopal Bishop of Delaware
Episcopal Diocese of Delaware
The Episcopal Diocese of Delaware is one of 108 dioceses making up the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It consists of 38 congregations or Parishes in an area the same as the State of Delaware...
.
Life
Kinsman was educated at St. Paul's SchoolSt. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)
St. Paul's School is a highly selective college-preparatory, coeducational boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire affiliated with the Episcopal Church. The school is one of only six remaining 100% residential boarding schools in the U.S. The New Hampshire campus currently serves 533 students,...
, Concord
Concord, New Hampshire
The city of Concord is the capital of the state of New Hampshire in the United States. It is also the county seat of Merrimack County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 42,695....
, New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
, and at Keble College
Keble College, Oxford
Keble College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its main buildings are on Parks Road, opposite the University Museum and the University Parks. The college is bordered to the north by Keble Road, to the south by Museum Road, and to the west by Blackhall...
, Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
. He served in the following positions:
- Master of St. Paul's School
- Rector of St. Martin's Church, New Bedford, MassachusettsNew Bedford, MassachusettsNew Bedford is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, located south of Boston, southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, and about east of Fall River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 95,072, making it the sixth-largest city in Massachusetts...
- Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Berkeley Divinity SchoolBerkeley Divinity SchoolBerkeley Divinity School, founded in 1854, is an official seminary of the Episcopal Church, based in New Haven, Connecticut. The seminary was originally founded as a middle-way between the Anglo-Catholic leaning General Theological Seminary in New York, and the Evangelical-leaning Virginia...
, Middletown, ConnecticutMiddletown, ConnecticutMiddletown is a city located in Middlesex County, Connecticut, along the Connecticut River, in the central part of the state, 16 miles south of Hartford. In 1650, it was incorporated as a town under its original Indian name, Mattabeseck. It received its present name in 1653. In 1784, the central... - Professor of Ecclesiastical History, General Theological SeminaryGeneral Theological SeminaryThe General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church is a seminary of the Episcopal Church in the United States and is located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York....
On June 3, 1908, Kinsman was elected third Episcopal Bishop of Delaware. He received the required two-thirds majority on the first ballot in both the clergy and lay conventions. He was consecrated by Daniel Sylvester Tuttle
Daniel Sylvester Tuttle
Daniel Sylvester Tuttle was ordained a bishop of the Episcopal Church in 1866. His first assignment was as Bishop of Montana, a missionary field that included Montana, Utah, and Idaho.-Biography:...
assisted by Ozi W. Whitaker and William Woodruff Niles
William Woodruff Niles
William Woodruff Niles was the third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire and served as such from 1870 until his death in 1914.-Early life and education:...
.
Kinsman was Episcopal Visitor of the Society of the Atonement
Society of the Atonement
The Society of the Atonement, also known as the Friars and Sisters of the Atonement or Graymoor Friars and Sisters is a Franciscan religious congregation in the Latin Rite branch of the Catholic Church...
, an Episcopalian religious community which later became Roman Catholic. In 1918 he was one of the Protestant Episcopalian delegates at an ecumenical meeting with representatives of the Greek Orthodox Church
Greek Orthodox Church
The Greek Orthodox Church is the body of several churches within the larger communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity sharing a common cultural tradition whose liturgy is also traditionally conducted in Koine Greek, the original language of the New Testament...
in New York City.
On May 14, 1919, Kinsman announced his intention to resign as Episcopal Bishop of Delaware the following October. He subsequently became a Roman Catholic. He was appointed professor of modern church history at The Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America is a private university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by the U.S. Catholic bishops...
.
Kinsman lived the last eleven years of his life at the Marcotte Nursing Home
Marcotte Nursing Home
Marcotte Nursing Home is an historic site at 100 Campus Avenue in Lewiston, Maine.The home was built in 1927 and added to the National Historic Register in 1985....
in Lewiston, Maine
Lewiston, Maine
Lewiston is a city in Androscoggin County in Maine, and the second-largest city in the state. The population was 41,592 at the 2010 census. It is one of two principal cities of and included within the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine...
, and died there in 1944.
Works
Kinsman was the author of numerous works including:- Principles of Anglicanism (New York: Longmans, Green, 1910)
- Catholic and Protestant (New York: Longmans, Green, 1913)
- Prayers for the Dead (Milwaukee: Young Churchman, 1915)
- Issues before the Church (New York: Edwin S. Gorham, 1915)
- Outlines of the History of the Church (Milwaukee: Morehouse, 1916)
- Salve Mater (New York: Longmans, Green, 1920)
- Trent: Four Lectures on Practical Aspects of the Council of Trent (New York: Longmans, Green, 1921)
- Americanism and Catholicism (New York: Longmans, Green, 1924)
- "St Cyprian", Sign Magazine 5 (January 1926).
- The Failure of Anglicanism (London: Catholic Truth Society, 1929)
- Reveries of A Hermit (New York: Longmans, Green, 1936)
- Book review of Autobiography of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Catholic Historical Review 23 (April 1937): 94-96.
Further reading
- Dugan, Edwin A. "Frederick Joseph Kinsman". Catholic World 159 (September 1944): 522-29.
- Lewis, Leicester C. "[Review of] Salve Mater". Anglican Theological Review 3 (May 1920): 78-83.
- Riccio, Barry D. "American Catholic Thought in the Nineteen Twenties: Frederick Joseph Kinsman and George Shuster". In American Church: Essays on the Americanization of the Catholic Church, edited by David J. Alvarez. Moraga, CA: Saint Mary's College of California, 1979, 113-23.