Charles Sumner Burch

Charles Sumner Burch (June 30, 1855 – December 20, 1920) was an American clergyman who served as the 9th Bishop of New York from 1919 to 1920.

Early life and family Born to in Pinckney, Michigan, Burch was the son of Lawrence D. Burch, a writer, and Emily Dunning.

In 1876 he married Margaret Hadley, with whom he had a son and a daughter. During his short tenure, he attended the 1920 Lambeth Conference, returning to New York with the view that closer cooperation was needed between all churches and that women should have a larger role in the church, including preaching from pulpits.