Harold Anthony Hopkins Jr. (April 24, 1930 – January 3, 2019) was ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota, serving from 1980 to 1988.

The Right Reverend

Harold Anthony Hopkins

D.D.
Bishop of North Dakota
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseNorth Dakota
ElectedOctober 18, 1979
In office1980–1988
PredecessorGeorge T. Masuda
SuccessorAndrew Fairfield
Orders
Ordination1955
ConsecrationFebruary 18, 1980
by John Allin
Personal details
Born(1930-04-24)April 24, 1930
DiedJanuary 3, 2019(2019-01-03) (aged 88)
Portland, Maine, United States
DenominationAnglican
ParentsHarold Anthony Hopkins & Ellen Sophia Christianson
Spouse
Nancy Stone Myer
(m. 1954; died 2018)
Children6
EducationGeneral Theological Seminary
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania

Early life and education

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Hopkins was born on April 24, 1930, in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Reverend Harold Anthony Hopkins Sr. and Ellen Sophia Christianson. He was educated at the Germantown Academy, and then at the University of Pennsylvania. He spent two years attending officers training in the US Navy, and then left after two years to study at the General Theological Seminary, graduating in 1955. He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity in 1980 from General.[1]

Ordained ministry

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Hopkins was ordained to the diaconate and the priesthood in the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania in 1955. He served as assistant at Christ Church in Pelham Manor, New York between 1955 and 1957, and then moved to Millinocket, Maine to serve as rector of St Andrew's Church. In 1962, he became rector of St Saviour's Church in Bar Harbor, Maine. In 1969, he was appointed assistant to the Bishop of Maine, a post he retained till 1978 when he became Archdeacon of Maine. He also founded St Bartholomew's Church in Yarmouth, Maine.[2]

Bishop

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Hopkins was elected Bishop of North Dakota on October 6, 1979, on the ninth ballot. He was consecrated to the episcopate on February 18, 1980, in the First Lutheran Church in Fargo, North Dakota.[3] He remained in office till his retirement in 1988. After that, he lived in Minneapolis, before moving back to Maine while working in the Office of Pastoral Development of the Episcopal Church. He retired in 1997 and moved to the Piper Shores retirement community in Scarborough, Maine. Hopkins died after a brief illness on January 3, 2019, at the Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.

Bibliography

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  • Nominees in an Episcopal Process (1989)
  • The Interval Between Election and Consecration (1992)
  • (contributor) Restoring the Soul of a Church (1995)[4]

References

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  1. ^ "THE RT. REV. HAROLD'S OBITUARY", Hobbs Funeral Home. Retrieved on March 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "North Dakota Elects Bishop". The Living Church. 179: 6. November 18, 1979.
  3. ^ "Bishop Consecrated in North Dakota". The Living Church. 180: 6. March 23, 1980.
  4. ^ "Bishop Hopkins Dies at 88", The Living Church, January 11, 2019. Retrieved on March 7, 2021.
  • Episcopal Clerical Directory 2017