Allen Webster Brown (July 22, 1908 - January 19, 1990) was the fifth Bishop of Albany in the United States from 1961 to 1974, during turbulent times from the 1960s to the drafting of the new Book of Common Prayer.
[1] He worked at several parishes in the diocese of Albany in the 1940s, including in Hudson and Copake Falls,[2] before he became Dean of the Cathedral of All Saints[1][3] He was married to the former Helen Belshaw.
[3][4] He was consecrated on February 22, 1959, at St. John's Church, Ogdensburg, by Arthur C. Lichtenberger, Presiding Bishop.
[3] In 1960, Barry died in a hospital after some time in ill health, and the see was left vacant.
[4] Brown travelled widely though the 19-county diocese to confirm parishioners, to ordain priests, and to preach.