Robert Burton Gooden
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The Right Reverend Robert Burton Gooden |
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Province | The Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Los Angeles |
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Consecration | May 27, 1930 |
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Born | September 18, 1874 |
Nationality | USA |
Robert Burton Gooden was a suffragan bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. He helped found the Gooden Center, a residential facility in Pasadena for recovery from alcohol and drug addiction.[1] His son, Reginald Heber Gooden, was also a bishop in The Episcopal Church.
When he died in 1976, near his 102nd birthday, he was the oldest bishop in the denomination.[2]