George Alexander McGuire

George Alexander McGuire (28 March 1866 – 10 November 1934) was an Episcopal priest who became the founder and first bishop of the African Orthodox Church (AOC) in 1921, envisaged as a home for Blacks of the Protestant Episcopal persuasion who wanted ecclesiastical independence, based on Apostolic tradition and Apostolic succession.[1] He was consecrated a bishop on September 28, 1921, in Chicago, Illinois, by Joseph René Vilatte, a Latin rite Jacobite Bishop known for his activity as a founder of several ecclesial communities.[note 1]
Category:Last Name McGuire
Category:Born 1866
Category:Died 1934