John Pares Craine (June 28, 1911 - December 24, 1977) was the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Indianapolis in The Episcopal Church, serving from 1959 until his death on Christmas Eve in 1977, shortly before his scheduled retirement.
[2] Carine was born in Cleveland, Ohio on June 28, 1911, to John Lee Craine and Hilda B.
[4] Craine was ordained deacon in October 1935, and priest in April 1936, on both occasions by Bishop Warren Lincoln Rogers of Ohio.
[7] On December 4, 1956, Craine was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Indianapolis at a special diocesan convention.
Craine had been among the 67 bishops who sponsored the General Convention resolution to allow women to be ordained in the Episcopal Church.