6 April 1980 A.D. Bishop Howard David Higgins Passes—Reformed Episcopal Church
6 April 1980 A.D. Bishop Howard David Higgins Passes—Reformed Episcopal Church Howard David Higgins From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Howard David Higgins (1903 — 1980) was a bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church in the mid-twentieth century. He also served as Professor of Church History at the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church in Philadelphia from 1930 until his retirement in 1972, and editor of the Episcopal Recorder from 1937 until his death. Higgins was well respected for his faithfulness to the Bible and his friendly demeanor and collaborative leadership style. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Education 1.2 Ordination 1.3 Seminary Professor 2 References 3 Sources Biography Higgins was born in New York City in 1903 to Peter David Higgins and his wife Emma Howard Higgins. He was a boyhood friend of Robert Knight Rudolph , and beginning at the age of sixteen he often visited the Rudolphs in their summer home in Dorset,...