Alfred Lothian Banyard (July 31, 1908 - September 6, 1992) was seventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, serving from 1955 to 1973.
Banyard was born on July 31, 1908, in Merchantville, New Jersey, the son of Lothian Rupert and Emma May Irwin.
He was educated at the Camden High School in Camden, New Jersey and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 1929 and then studied at the General Theological Seminary between 1929 and 1931 from where he gained his Bachelor of Sacred Theology in 1933.
[2] He was elected Bishop of New Jersey in 1955 and served till his retirement in 1973.
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