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Bishop Gooden Receives Award from Panamanian Government

July 20, 1972

Diocesan Press Service The Rev. John H. Townsend

The Rt. Rev. R. Heber Gooden

Bishop of the Missionary Diocese of Panama & the Canal Zone,

assisting Bishop Louisiana

born 22 Mar 1910 Died February 11, 2003 in Long Beach, California

Title	The Dowager's Chihuahua: Religion by the Seat of Your Pants Author	R. Heber Gooden Publisher	University of the South Press, 1993 ISBN	0918769175, 9780918769176

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The Rt. Rev. Reginald Heber Gooden, Episcopal Bishop of the Missionary District of the Panama Canal Zone, will be the speaker at a banquet to be held on....

BISHOP GOODEN was consecrated Bishop of the Missionary District ol the Panama Canal Zone in 1945 at the age of 35, thereby making him one of the youngest men to be elected to t h e episcopate. He received his A. B. d e- gree from Stanford University and was graduated magna cum laude from Berkeley Divinity School in New Haven Conn., and studied at the University of M a d r i d in Spain on a fellowship.

His first four years in the ministry were spent in charge of St. Paul's Church Camaguey, Cuba, which he left in 1939 to become dean of Holy Trinity Cathedial in Havana. He is the translator ol numerous books into Spanish and is chairman of the Spanish Prayer Book Committee and Spanish Hymnal Committee. Bishop Gooden is married to a former teacher in the Episcopal School in Caguey and they have two sons, Reginald and H. Richard Gooden.

Rev. Gooden Episcopal Group j Councils Meet This Weekend The 36th Annual Diocesan Council of the E p i s c o p a 1 Church in the Diocese o f Eau Claire will meet this Friday and Saturday in Christ Church Cathedral, 510 S. Farwoll St. The Rt. Rev. Reginald Heber Gooden, Episcopal Bishop of the Missionary District of the

F r i- day at 7 p. m. Mr. V. P. Gillett, Jr., will be toastmaster. The dinner is open to the public, but reservations must be made in advance by calling the parish office.