Albert R. Stuart
Albert Rhett Stuart (January 20, 1906 – April 17, 1973) was the sixth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia. He was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in a faith-based family. He attended Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia, and studied at Virginia Theological Seminary. He was ordained on December 21, 1931, and later served as rector of the Church of the Redeemer in Greenwood, South Carolina, and as rector of St. Michael’s in Charleston. He also served as Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in New Orleans.
Stuart was elected bishop of Georgia on May 12, 1954, after seventeen candidates vied for the job, and he was consecrated on October 20, 1954. He led the diocese from 1954 to 1971. In 1957 he dedicated the new diocesan headquarters in Savannah. At that time the diocese had about 9,976 communicants.
He was known for promoting evangelism and for speaking out in favor of civil rights and integration. He urged openness to all worshippers and publicly opposed segregation, including taking a stand during a 1965 controversy in Savannah.
Stuart received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Oglethorpe University in 1940. He was married to Isabella Clemence Alston on September 25, 1945, and they had two children. He died in Savannah, Georgia, in 1973 at the age of 67 and is buried at St. Michael’s Churchyard.
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