{{Short description|American bishop (1914–1999)}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific_prefix = The Right Reverend | name = John Joseph Meakin Harte | honorific_suffix = D.D. | title = Bishop of Arizona | image = HARTE, JOHN JOSEPH MEAKINS.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | church = Episcopal Church | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = Arizona | see = | elected = May 9, 1962 | term = 1962–1979 | quashed = <!-- or | retired = --> | predecessor = Arthur B. Kinsolving | successor = Joseph T. Heistand | opposed = | other_post = <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = December 1939 | ordained_by = Thomas Casady | consecration = June 29, 1954 | consecrated_by = Frank Burrill | rank = <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|07|28}} | birth_place = Springfield, Ohio, United States | death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|12|19|1914|07|28}} | death_place = Phoenix, Arizona, United States | buried = Trinity Cathedral (Phoenix, Arizona) | religion = Anglican | residence = | spouse = Alice Eleanor Taylor | children = 3 | occupation = | profession = | previous_post = Suffragan Bishop of Dallas <small>''(1954-1962)''</small> | education = | alma_mater = | motto = | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = | coat_of_arms_alt = <!---------- Other ----------> | module = | module2 = | other = }} '''John Joseph Meakin Harte''' (July 28, 1914 – December 19, 1999) was an American Episcopal Bishop. The second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona, Harte was consecrated in 1954 and served as bishop from 1962 to 1978.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.azdiocese.org/bishop/timeline.html|title=Arizona Bishops Timeline|access-date=2018-06-06|language=en}}</ref>
== Early life == Joseph Harte was a graduate of Springfield High School in his hometown of Springfield, Ohio. Harte went on to graduate at Washington and Jefferson College and the General Theological Seminary, New York. After graduation, Harte was ordained at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. After proposing to Alice Taylor on their first date, the two were married on October 14, 1941.
== Ministry == Harte was awarded the Brotherhood Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews for his work in the prevention of riots in Arizona in the 1960s and 1970s. He served as the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona from 1962 to 1978. He was the founder of the anti-abortion organization Episcopalians for Life in 1967. He served on the Standing Liturgical Commission of the Episcopal Church during the preparation of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer.<ref>[http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/pn/p920.htm Bishop Joseph M. Harte Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204150243/http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/pn/p920.htm |date=2012-02-04 }}</ref>
Harte was preceded by Arthur Barksdale Kinsolving II and was succeeded by the Right Reverend Joseph T. Heistand.<ref name=":0" />
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==External links== * [https://archive.today/20140725132204/https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/wydiocese/conversations/topics/344 Obituary]
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