Bob Mize

Robert Herbert Mize Jr. (known as Bob) was Bishop of Damaraland from 1960[1] to his expulsion in 1968.[2] He was born on 4 February 1907 into an ecclesiastical family[3] in Emporia, Kansas,[4] and educated at the University of Kansas.[5] After his ordination in 1932 he worked with disadvantaged boys at a mission in western Kansas.[6]

In 1945, he founded the St. Francis Boys Home[7] at Ellsworth in the centre of the state, a position he held until his elevation to the episcopate.[8] A supporter of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament in the United States,[9] he died on 17 August 2000 and is buried in Ellis County, Kansas.[10]

References
  1. "Ecclesiastical News Bishop Of Damaraland Nominated". The Times. August 16, 1960; pg. 10; Issue 54851; col D
  2. "A Bishop Expelled". The Times. May 21, 1968; pg. 9; Issue 57256; col E
  3. His father Robert H. Mize was Bishop of Western Kansas from 1921 to 1938.
  4. Rootsweb
  5. "Christian Experiment". Time. 22 December 1947.
  6. 1935 Edition Yearbook of American Churches
  7. Prairie Spirit, Diocese of Western Kansas Archived May 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  8. Neal, Emily Gardiner (1963). Father Bob and His Boys. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis.
  9. Project Canterbury
  10. St Andrew’s cemetery, Buckey NW Township, Ellis Co, KS


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