Homer F. Rogers (1915 - 1980)

Born 18 Jun 1915 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy Rae (Jones) Rogers — married 1943 in Denton, Texas, United States

Died 24 Oct 1980 at age 65 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States

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Biography

Fr. Homer F. Rogers was born in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1915. Shortly after his birth the family moved to Dallas, where he was raised in the Baptist Church, graduating from Baylor University in 1939 with a degree in Sociology and Greek. He discovered the Episcopal Church, graduated from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and, in 1942 was ordained a priest.

His bishop sent him as rector to St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Denton, Texas, where he stayed until 1953, when he became professor of Pastoral Theology at Nashotah House Seminary in Wisconsin. From 1956 until his death in 1980 he was rector of St. Francis Episcopal Church in Dallas, Texas. During that time he was on the faculty of the School for Spiritual Directors, the School for Spirituality, and the Anglican School of Theology in the Diocese of Dallas.

Fr. Rogers was married to Dorothy Rae Jones Rogers in 1943, and had six children and twelve grandchildren. He enjoyed spending time in Mexico, raising pigeons and dogs, painting, and good conversation (http://www.romanceoforthodoxy.com).

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76800632/homer-f-rogers

http://parishpriestsfd.blogspot.com/2012/10/fr-rogers-blog-redividus.html