Reverend Joelzie Howard Thompson
Description:
Joelzie Thompson was recommended as a priest for St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Muskogee, by Reverend Sanchez of Oklahoma . Reverend Thompson's father was a priest at Tulsa's Methodist Episcopal Church, so Reverend Thompson was interested in locating to Oklahoma. Because Oklahoma was a Missionary District dependent on the national office for salaries, Bishop Casady had to receive approval before hiring Reverend Thompson. Approved in 1933, Reverend Thompson served St. Philip's Episcopal Church f…
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Date:
unknown
Partner:
Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma