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March 2, 1978

Burgreen Consecrated Armed Forces Bishop

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Episcopal News Service

[A trumpet fanfare by the...]
A trumpet fanfare by the Brass Ensemble of the U.S. Maritime Academy at Kings Point, N. Y., signaled the start of the processions with which the service of consecration of Charles Lee Burgreen as a bishop in the Episcopal Church was begun and ended. Bishop Burgreen was consecrated at the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, N.Y., to be Bishop for the Armed Forces in a service that combined military panoply with the ancient ritual of the Church.