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Presiding Bishop John Hines

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• The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Manhattan   

Bishop Hines was elected 22nd Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, serving from 1965 to 1974.  After an eye-opening tour of Harlem with
activists of African descent, Presiding Bishop John Hines pushed through the regularly convened General Convention of 1967 a “Special Program” (GCSP).

[Published Winter 2019]

 

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