Sheldon Munson Griswold

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Sheldon Munson Griswold (January 8, 1861 – November 28, 1930) was an American Episcopal bishop who led two dioceses in his career. He was born in Delhi, New York, to Walter H. Griswold and Ann Elizabeth Betts. He studied at Union College (BA 1882, MA 1885) and the General Theological Seminary, and was ordained a priest in November 1885 by Bishop William Croswell Doane. Griswold served as rector in Ilion, Little Falls, and Hudson, New York.

In October 1902 he was elected Missionary Bishop of Salina (now the Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas) and was consecrated on January 8, 1903. In Salina he built up the church, founded Christ Church Cathedral, bought the bishop’s residence, started St Barnabas Hospital, expanded St. John’s Military School, and increased the number of churches.

On January 8, 1917, Griswold became Suffragan Bishop of Chicago, and in February 1930 he was elected the diocesan bishop of Chicago. He served only a few months before his death. Griswold died November 28, 1930, in Evanston, Illinois, at age 69 and is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery in Skokie, Illinois.

He was married to Kate Maxwell van der Bogert on October 7, 1885. He was a cousin of bishops Frank Griswold and Alexander Viets Griswold, and he was a bishop associate of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament.