An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church

Stowe’s Clerical Directory of the American Church

In 1916 Frederick Ebenezer John Lloyd sold his Lloyd's Clerical Directory to the Rev. Andrew David Stowe (1851-1925). It became Stowe's Clerical Directory. It was published under that title in 1917, 1920, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1932, 1935, and 1938. In 1941 it became Stowe's Clerical Directory of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It was published under that title in 1941, 1947, 1950, and 1953. In 1956 it became The Clerical Directory of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

Glossary definitions provided courtesy of Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY,(All Rights reserved) from “An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church, A User Friendly Reference for Episcopalians,” Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum, editors.