Robert Woodward Barnwell (bishop)
Robert Woodward Barnwell was the third bishop of the Diocese of Alabama in The Episcopal Church, serving only two years.Barnwell was born on December 27, 1849 in Beaufort, South Carolina, son of John G. Barnwell and Emma Elliott. He was educated at Trinity College in Connecticut and graduated in 1871. He then studied at the General Theological Seminary and graduated in 1873.Ordained Ministry
Barnwell was ordained deacon in 1873 by Bishop John Williams and priest in 1875 by Bishop John W. Beckwith. He served in St George's Church in Griffin, Georgia between 1873 and 1876. In 1876 he transferred to Demopolis, Alabama as rector of Trinity Church, while in 1880 he became rector of St Paul's Church in Selma, Alabama.Episcopacy
On May 18, 1900, Barnwell was elected as the Coadjutor Bishop of Alabama. However, prior to his consecration, the diocesan bishop of Alabama Richard Hooker Wilmer died and hence Barnwell was instead consecrated as the third diocesan Bishop of Alabama on July 25, 1900, in St Paul's Church, Selma by the Bishop of Mississippi Hugh Miller Thompson. He died two years later on July 24, 1902 in Selma, Alabama.
