Hunley Elebash

Hunley Agee Elebash (July 23, 1923 – October 20, 1993) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina from 1973 to 1983.

The Right Reverend

Hunley Elebash

D.D.
Bishop of East Carolina
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseEast Carolina
In office1973-1983
PredecessorTom Wright
SuccessorSidney Sanders
Orders
OrdinationMarch 15, 1951
by Frank Juhan
ConsecrationOctober 2, 1968
by John E. Hines
Personal details
Born(1923-07-23)July 23, 1923
Pensacola, Florida, United States
DiedOctober 20, 1993(1993-10-20) (aged 70)
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
BuriedOakdale Cemetery (Wilmington, North Carolina)
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsEugene Perrin Elebash, Ann Hunley Agee
SpouseMaurine Ashton
Children2
Previous postCoadjutor Bishop of East Carolina (1968-1973)
Alma materSewanee: The University of the South

Early life and education

Elebash was born on July 23, 1923, in Pensacola, Florida, the son of Eugene Perrin Elebash and Ann Hunley Agee. He was educated at Pensacola High School. He later studied at Sewanee: The University of the South and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1944.[1] He married Maurine Ashton on November 2, 1946 and together had two sons. In 1950 he also graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity from the University of the South.[2]

Ordained ministry

Elebash was ordained deacon on June 23, 1950, and priest on March 15, 1951, by Bishop Frank Juhan of Florida at St John's Cathedral, Jacksonville, Florida.[3] He served as assistant priest at St Mark's Church in Jacksonville, Florida, from 1950 to 1953 before becoming rector of St Catherine's Church in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1953. In 1957 he became rector of St John's Church in Wilmington, North Carolina, a post he acquired on January 15, 1957.[4] In 1964 he left St John's and became the executive secretary of the Diocese of East Carolina.[5]

Bishop

In 1968, Elebash was elected Coadjutor Bishop of East Carolina and was consecrated on October 2, 1968, at St James' Church in Wilmington, North Carolina, by Presiding Bishop John E. Hines.[6][7] He succeeded as diocesan in 1973 and retired in August 1983.

References
  1. "Elebash, Hunley Agee". Who's who in Religion. 1: 164. 1975.
  2. Fish, C. S. (1953). "Elebash, Hunley Agee". Stowe's Clerical Directory of the American Episcopal Church: 108.
  3. "Ordinations". The Living Church. 122 (14): 16. 8 April 1951.
  4. "Appointments Accepted". The Living Church. 134: 21. 6 January 1957.
  5. Marquis Who's Who (1976). Who's who in the South and Southwest, p. 226. Marquis Who's Who, Berkeley Heights, NJ. ISBN 0837908159.
  6. "Elections & Consecrations". The Living Church. 157: 5. 6 October 1968.
  7. "Presiding Bishop to Ordain Reverends Wolf and Elebash", Diocesan Press Service, 16 September 1968. Retrieved on 11 March 2020.
  • "Retired Episcopal Leader Hunley Elebash is Dead", Star-News, October 21, 1993, p. 28.


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