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Episcopal News Service. November 8, 1989 [89229J]

• The Rt. Rev. Jonathan Goodhue Sherman, retired fifth bishop of the Diocese of Long Island, died October 26 in Connecticut at the age of 82. He was elected suffragan bishop of Long Island in 1948 and consecrated on Epiphany, January 6, 1949. He was elected diocesan bishop and installed in June 1966 and served until his retirement in 1977. For many years he taught a course in Scripture at the George Mercer School of Theology.
• The Rt. Rev. Thomas Augustus Fraser, Jr., the retired eighth bishop of North Carolina, died October 25 at the age of 74. He served parishes in Long Island, New York City, and Alexandria before going to Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He served as diocesan bishop from 1963 to 1983.