Ordination of the Bishop at St. James church in Wilmington, NC.
The Right Reverend Hunley Agee Elebash (1923-1993) was born in Pensacola, FL. He received his Doctorate of Divinity in 1969 from the University of the South. He moved to St. John's Episcopal Church in Wilmington, NC in 1957. He was Rector at St. John's until 1965, when he became Executive Secretary of the diocese. He was Bishop Coadjutor in 1968, and became Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Eastern North Carolina in 1973. He served as Bishop for 10 years. He is buried in Oakdale Cemetery.
Date
1979
Subject
Elebash, Hunley Agee, 1923-1999
Subject2
St. John's Episcopal church
Format
news photograph
Identifier
00.133
Source
Star-News Image Archive
Provenance
Donated to the New Hanover County Public Library by the Star-News in 2008
Rights
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