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{{Short description|American bishop}}
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| honorific_prefix = The Right Reverend
| name             = Norman Landon Foote
| honorific_suffix = D.D., S.T.D.
| title            = [[Episcopal Diocese of Idaho|Bishop of Idaho]]
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| diocese          = [[Episcopal Diocese of Idaho|Idaho]]
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| elected          = 1956
| term             = 1957–1972
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| predecessor      = [[Frank A. Rhea]]
| successor        = [[Hanford L. King Jr.]]
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| ordination       = December 1940
| ordained_by      = [[Henry H. Daniels]]
| consecration     = February 14, 1957
| consecrated_by   = [[Henry Knox Sherrill]]
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| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1915|11|30}}
| birth_place      = [[Saratoga Springs, New York]], [[United States]]
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| death_place      = [[Cascade, Idaho]], [[United States]]
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| parents          = Leroy Herman Foote & Amy Verina Close
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'''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 Episcopal Cathedral (Boise, Idaho)|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 ==
*[http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv99337 Finding aid for Norman L. Foote Papers, 1937-1974]
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[[Category:1915 births]]
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[[Category:General Theological Seminary alumni]]
[[Category:Episcopal bishops of Idaho]]
[[Category:People from Saratoga Springs, New York]]
[[Category:Princeton University alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century American Episcopalians]]
[[Category:20th-century American clergy]]
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