About G. P. Mellick Belshaw
Lived 1928 – 2020 (aged 91). G. P. Mellick Belshaw was an American anglican priest.
George Phelps Mellick Belshaw (July 14, 1928 —February 29, 2020) was the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, serving from 1983 to 1994.
Education and professional life Mellick Belshaw was born on July 14, 1928, in Plainfield, New Jersey, the son of Harold Belshaw and Edith Mellick. and his Master of Sacred Theology degree at General Theological Seminary in 1959. After three years he became a fellow of the General Theological Seminary, New York City; he followed that with appointments as Rector of Christ Church (Dover, Delaware) and St. George's-by-the-River Episcopal Church in Rumson, New Jersey.
He was then consecrated Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese on February 3, 1975, and was elected Bishop Coadjutor on April 24, 1982. He assumed the title of Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey upon the retirement of Albert W. Van Duzer in 1983 and served for 11 years. He was succeeded by Joe Morris Doss.
Belshaw died at home in Princeton, New Jersey on the morning of February 29, 2020.
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Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey
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G. P. Mellick Belshaw was born on 14 July 1928 in Plainfield.
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G. P. Mellick Belshaw died on 29 February 2020 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.
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G. P. Mellick Belshaw was an anglican priest.
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