Edwin Burton Thayer (February 7, 1905 – October 8, 1989) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado from 1969 to 1973.
[1] Thayer was ordained deacon on February 12, 1934, and priest on September 21, 1934, both by Bishop George Craig Stewart of Chicago.
After the war, he was appointed rector of St Luke's Church in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he served till 1950.
[2] Thayer was elected Suffragan Bishop of Colorado on the forth ballot, on September 8, 1960, during a special convention held in Denver.
He was then consecrated on November 30, 1960, in St John's Cathedral, by the Bishop of Colorado Joseph Minnis.