The Right Reverend George Ashton Oldham (1877-1963) was the third Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany in the United States from 1929 to 1950, during turbulent the times of The Great Depression and World War Two. He was also notable as the primary author of the catechism used in the Episcopal Church USA for decades until 1979.

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  • The Right Reverend George Ashton Oldham (1877-1963) was the third Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany in the United States from 1929 to 1950, during turbulent the times of The Great Depression and World War Two. He was also notable as the primary author of the catechism used in the Episcopal Church USA for decades until 1979. Now largely forgotten, Oldham was a major religious Protestant leader for several decades in the middle of the last century, and a serious candidate for presiding bishop.
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  • David Walsh, "Independence Day," Blog.
  • His message was a more compassionate one, a call to transform ourselves into a nation that is first in 'things of spirit', rather than 'treading again the old, worn, bloody pathway which ends inevitably in chaos and disaster."
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  • 1929 – 1950
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  • The Right Reverend George Ashton Oldham (1877-1963) was the third Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany in the United States from 1929 to 1950, during turbulent the times of The Great Depression and World War Two. He was also notable as the primary author of the catechism used in the Episcopal Church USA for decades until 1979.
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  • George Ashton Oldham
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