Hunley Elebash

Hunley Agee Elebash (July 23, 1923 – October 20, 1993) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina from 1973 to 1983.

The Right Reverend Hunley Elebash D.D.
Bishop of East Carolina
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	East Carolina
In office	1973–1983
Predecessor	Tom Wright
Successor	Sidney Sanders
Previous post(s)	Coadjutor Bishop of East Carolina (1968-1973)
Orders
Ordination	March 15, 1951 by Frank Juhan
Consecration	October 2, 1968 by John E. Hines
Personal details
Born	(1923-07-23)July 23, 1923 Pensacola, Florida, United States
Died	October 20, 1993(1993-10-20) (aged 70) Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
Buried	Oakdale Cemetery (Wilmington, North Carolina)
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Eugene Perrin Elebash, Ann Hunley Agee
Spouse	Maurine Ashton
Children	2
Alma mater	Sewanee: The University of the South

Early life and education

Elebash was born on July 23, 1923, in Pensacola, Florida, the son of Eugene Perrin Elebash and Ann Hunley Agee. He was educated at Pensacola High School. He later studied at Sewanee: The University of the South and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1944.^[1] He married Maurine Ashton on November 2, 1946, and together had a son and a daughter±. In 1950 he also graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity from the University of the South.^[2]

Ordained ministry

Elebash was ordained deacon on June 23, 1950, and priest on March 15, 1951, by Bishop Frank Juhan of Florida at St John's Cathedral, Jacksonville, Florida.^[3] He served as assistant priest at St Mark's Church in Jacksonville, Florida, from 1950 to 1953 before becoming rector of St Catherine's Church in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1953. In 1957 he became rector of St John's Church in Wilmington, North Carolina, a post he acquired on January 15, 1957.^[4] In 1964 he left St John's and became the executive secretary of the Diocese of East Carolina.^[5]

Bishop

In 1968, Elebash was elected Coadjutor Bishop of East Carolina and was consecrated on October 2, 1968, at St James' Church in Wilmington, North Carolina, by Presiding Bishop John E. Hines.^[6][7] He succeeded as diocesan in 1973 and retired in August 1983.