From Chicago-Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ:
I write today with sad news. Bishop James Montgomery, ninth bishop of Chicago, died today at home after a short illness. He was 98 years old. I will preside at a solemn celebration of the Eucharist for the Burial of the Dead at St. James Cathedral in November. We will share more information as soon as it is available.
Jim was a true son of Chicago. He was born here on May 29, 1921 to James Edward Montgomery and Evelyn Winchester Montgomery, the daughter of the Rt. Rev. James Winchester, bishop of Arkansas from 1911-1931. He grew up in Rogers Park and attended Sullivan High School and Northwestern University. After service as a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve during World War II, he entered General Theological Seminary and was graduated and ordained priest and deacon by Bishop Wallace E. Conkling, seventh bishop of Chicago, in 1949.
More here-
https://www.episcopalchicago.org/our-stories/2019/10/23/memoriam-bishop-james-montgomery-1921-2019?fbclid=IwAR3ow8VCeuGkA7xmtpMonLx-MaAfO9aRbAf6rHEIHba3cL7KMtBPJvcuSvA
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