BISHOP BINSTED, A MISSIONARY, 70
Episcopal Prelate in Japan and the Philippines Dies
-Interned During War
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Hendersonville, N.C.
Feb 21 - The Right Rev, Norman Spencer Binsted, retired Protestant Episcopal Missionary Bishop of the Philippines, died here yesterday in Margaret Pardee Hospital after a long illness. His age was 70. He had homes in Bat Cave and Washington D.C.
Bishop Binsted, an excellent linguist, was interned in the Philippines in World War II. He received from General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, the Medal of Freedom for having assisted prisoners of war.
The prelate was born in Toronto. He attended St. John's College in Uniontown Ky and graduated from the Virginia Theological Seminary. He also attended Columbia University and the University of London. The Virginia and General Theological Seminaries awarded him honorary degrees.
Bishop Binsted was ordained a priest in Japan in 1916. Twelve years later he was consecrated the first Missionary Bishop of Tohoku.
In 1923, when he was chaplain to the American congregation in Tokyo, Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral there was destroyed by an earthquake, Bishop Binsted directed the rebuilding of the cathedral on another site, He was formerly director of St. Luke;s International Medical Centre in Tokyo.
In 1940 he was forced to leave Japan for the Philippines. He was elected Missionary Bishop in 1942, retiring in 1957.
Bishop Binsted was interned several times by the Japanese in the Philippines but for long periods he was permitted to conduct services in the Cathedral of SS Mary and John in Manila.
When he was released after one confinement, he told a Japanese official that if he was to be used for propaganda purposes he would prefer internment. He was told that he was being let out to continue religious work.
His survivors include his widow Mrs. Willie Mower Gibson Binsted.
(New York Times 22 Feb 1961)
Episcopal Prelate in Japan and the Philippines Dies
-Interned During War
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Hendersonville, N.C.
Feb 21 - The Right Rev, Norman Spencer Binsted, retired Protestant Episcopal Missionary Bishop of the Philippines, died here yesterday in Margaret Pardee Hospital after a long illness. His age was 70. He had homes in Bat Cave and Washington D.C.
Bishop Binsted, an excellent linguist, was interned in the Philippines in World War II. He received from General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, the Medal of Freedom for having assisted prisoners of war.
The prelate was born in Toronto. He attended St. John's College in Uniontown Ky and graduated from the Virginia Theological Seminary. He also attended Columbia University and the University of London. The Virginia and General Theological Seminaries awarded him honorary degrees.
Bishop Binsted was ordained a priest in Japan in 1916. Twelve years later he was consecrated the first Missionary Bishop of Tohoku.
In 1923, when he was chaplain to the American congregation in Tokyo, Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral there was destroyed by an earthquake, Bishop Binsted directed the rebuilding of the cathedral on another site, He was formerly director of St. Luke;s International Medical Centre in Tokyo.
In 1940 he was forced to leave Japan for the Philippines. He was elected Missionary Bishop in 1942, retiring in 1957.
Bishop Binsted was interned several times by the Japanese in the Philippines but for long periods he was permitted to conduct services in the Cathedral of SS Mary and John in Manila.
When he was released after one confinement, he told a Japanese official that if he was to be used for propaganda purposes he would prefer internment. He was told that he was being let out to continue religious work.
His survivors include his widow Mrs. Willie Mower Gibson Binsted.
(New York Times 22 Feb 1961)
BISHOP BINSTED, A MISSIONARY, 70
Episcopal Prelate in Japan and the Philippines Dies
-Interned During War
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Hendersonville, N.C.
Feb 21 - The Right Rev, Norman Spencer Binsted, retired Protestant Episcopal Missionary Bishop of the Philippines, died here yesterday in Margaret Pardee Hospital after a long illness. His age was 70. He had homes in Bat Cave and Washington D.C.
Bishop Binsted, an excellent linguist, was interned in the Philippines in World War II. He received from General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, the Medal of Freedom for having assisted prisoners of war.
The prelate was born in Toronto. He attended St. John's College in Uniontown Ky and graduated from the Virginia Theological Seminary. He also attended Columbia University and the University of London. The Virginia and General Theological Seminaries awarded him honorary degrees.
Bishop Binsted was ordained a priest in Japan in 1916. Twelve years later he was consecrated the first Missionary Bishop of Tohoku.
In 1923, when he was chaplain to the American congregation in Tokyo, Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral there was destroyed by an earthquake, Bishop Binsted directed the rebuilding of the cathedral on another site, He was formerly director of St. Luke;s International Medical Centre in Tokyo.
In 1940 he was forced to leave Japan for the Philippines. He was elected Missionary Bishop in 1942, retiring in 1957.
Bishop Binsted was interned several times by the Japanese in the Philippines but for long periods he was permitted to conduct services in the Cathedral of SS Mary and John in Manila.
When he was released after one confinement, he told a Japanese official that if he was to be used for propaganda purposes he would prefer internment. He was told that he was being let out to continue religious work.
His survivors include his widow Mrs. Willie Mower Gibson Binsted.
(New York Times 22 Feb 1961)
Episcopal Prelate in Japan and the Philippines Dies
-Interned During War
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Hendersonville, N.C.
Feb 21 - The Right Rev, Norman Spencer Binsted, retired Protestant Episcopal Missionary Bishop of the Philippines, died here yesterday in Margaret Pardee Hospital after a long illness. His age was 70. He had homes in Bat Cave and Washington D.C.
Bishop Binsted, an excellent linguist, was interned in the Philippines in World War II. He received from General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, the Medal of Freedom for having assisted prisoners of war.
The prelate was born in Toronto. He attended St. John's College in Uniontown Ky and graduated from the Virginia Theological Seminary. He also attended Columbia University and the University of London. The Virginia and General Theological Seminaries awarded him honorary degrees.
Bishop Binsted was ordained a priest in Japan in 1916. Twelve years later he was consecrated the first Missionary Bishop of Tohoku.
In 1923, when he was chaplain to the American congregation in Tokyo, Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral there was destroyed by an earthquake, Bishop Binsted directed the rebuilding of the cathedral on another site, He was formerly director of St. Luke;s International Medical Centre in Tokyo.
In 1940 he was forced to leave Japan for the Philippines. He was elected Missionary Bishop in 1942, retiring in 1957.
Bishop Binsted was interned several times by the Japanese in the Philippines but for long periods he was permitted to conduct services in the Cathedral of SS Mary and John in Manila.
When he was released after one confinement, he told a Japanese official that if he was to be used for propaganda purposes he would prefer internment. He was told that he was being let out to continue religious work.
His survivors include his widow Mrs. Willie Mower Gibson Binsted.
(New York Times 22 Feb 1961)
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