George Rath
George Edward Rath was the seventh Bishop of Newark.Biography
Rath was born in Buffalo, New York, and ordained as a deacon in 1938. He was ordained as a priest in 1939 for the Diocese of New York where he served as college chaplain for Columbia University and New York University. In 1941 he became the vicar of All Saints Church in Millington, New Jersey. He later became the rector of the church and then the Archdeacon of Morris County. He was elected suffragan bishop of Newark in 1964 when he succeeded Donald MacAdie. He was consecrated by Arthur C. Lichtenberger.
A cum laude alumnus of Harvard University and the Union Theological Seminary, he was elected coadjutor bishop on May 2, 1970. He became diocesan bishop in 1974 and retired in 1978. As bishop, he championed the causes of the civil rights movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement, the ordination of women, and prayer book reform.
He and his wife, Margaret, had two children.
