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Allin, #14, on the Helena High School football team, HHS Yearbook, 1937.

Presiding Bishop Allin working in his office at Church Center in New York, c.1974-1985.

During seminary, Allin played softball on the "Theolog" team. Here he's pictured second from right with other members of the class of 1945, four of whom became bishops.

Allin discusses service and the role of a bishop at Robert Hargrove’s consecration, 1989.

Allin's passport, 1979. By the end of his time as Presiding Bishop, Allin had circled the globe three times.

23rd Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, 1974-1985

"Real distress in the Church." Allin's journal entry in the days leading up to the ordinations of the Philadelphia 11.

Allin attempted to take the approach of mediator on many issues. In a 1977 address to the Diocese of New Jersey, Allin stated, “I am not Pope; my job is to preside.” It was this perspective on his role as Presiding Bishop in church governance that…