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The Right Reverend

Charles E. Bennison

D.D.
The Right Reverend; Charles E. Bennison; D.D.
Bishop of Western Michigan
Church	Episcopal Church
See	Western Michigan
Elected	November 1959
In office	1960–1984
Predecessor	Dudley B. McNeil
Successor	Howard Meeks
Previous post(s)	Rector, Christ Church, Joliet, Illinois
Orders
Ordination	October 5, 1942; by Stephen Keeler
Consecration	February 24, 1960; by Arthur C. Lichtenberger
Personal details
Born	July 23, 1917; Janesville, Wisconsin, United States
Died	January 5, 2004 (aged 86); Menlo Park, California, United States
Buried	Former Cathedral Church of Christ the King
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Floyd William Bennison & Cleo Leona Wilson
Spouse	Marjorie Elizabeth Haglun (m. 1942)
Children	3

Charles Ellsworth Bennison Sr. (July 23, 1917 - January 5, 2004) was the fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan. He was the father of Charles E. Bennison Jr., former bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania.

Biography

He was born in Janesville, Wisconsin in 1917 and went to college at Lawrence College and the University of Minnesota. He was ordained deacon in March 1942 by Bishop Frank McElwain, and priest in October 1942 by Bishop Stephen Keeler in the Diocese of Minnesota, having attended Seabury-Western Theological Seminary; after serving in several parishes in the diocese and in the Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire, he was called as rector of Christ Church, Joliet, Illinois, where he was serving when elected as bishop of Western Michigan. At his consecration in 1960 he was the youngest bishop in the Episcopal Church.

His tenure as bishop was marked by the construction of many new churches and facilities, including the Cathedral Church of Christ the King in Portage, Michigan. He retired on December 1, 1984, and served as assisting bishop in the dioceses of Los Angeles and California. Towards the end of his life he and his wife lived in Menlo Park, California, where he died January 5, 2004, of Alzheimer's disease.

His son John was also an Episcopal priest.