Norman L. Foote

The Right Reverend Norman Landon Foote D.D., S.T.D.
Bishop of Idaho
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Idaho
Elected	1956
In office	1957–1972
Predecessor	Frank A. Rhea
Successor	Hanford L. King Jr.
Orders
Ordination	December 1940 by Henry H. Daniels
Consecration	February 14, 1957 by Henry Knox Sherrill
Personal details
Born	(1915-11-30)November 30, 1915 Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Died	May 12, 1974(1974-05-12) (aged 58) Cascade, Idaho, United States
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Leroy Herman Foote & Amy Verina Close
Spouse	Carolyn Hope Swayne ​ (m. 1940)​
Children	4

Norman Landon Foote (November 30, 1915 – May 12, 1974) was the tenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho from 1957 to 1972.

Early life and education

Foote was born on November 30, 1915, in Saratoga Springs, New York, the son of Leroy Herman Foote and Amy Verina Close. Foote was educated at the Saratoga public schools and graduated from Saratoga High School in 1933. He later enrolled at Hamilton College, where he studied for one year before transferring to Princeton University in 1934, from where he graduated with a B.A. in history in 1937. Later, Foote studied at the General Theological Seminary from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Sacred Theology in 1940. In 1957, he was awarded a Doctor of Sacred Theology from General Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Divinity from Church Divinity School of the Pacific.

Priest

Foote was ordained deacon in Albany, New York, in May 1940 by Bishop G. Ashton Oldham. His first post was as deacon in the missionary district of Montana. He was ordained priest in December 1940 in Bozeman, Montana by Bishop Henry H. Daniels, after which he served as a missionary priest in Virginia City, Montana. He became Archdeacon of Montana in 1943. In 1950 he was appointed Director of the National Town-Country Church Institute

Bishop

Foote was elected missionary Bishop of Idaho in 1956. He was consecrated on February 14, 1957, in St Michael's Cathedral in Boise, Idaho, by Presiding Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill. Foote became the first bishop of the newly created Diocese of Idaho in 1967. He retired on February 14, 1972, due to ill health and moved to McCall, Idaho. He died on May 12, 1974, from complications of emphysema while in hospital in Cascade, Idaho.

References

• Finding aid for Norman L. Foote Papers, 1937-1974