Alexander Burgess

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The Right Reverend

Alexander Burgess

D.D., LL.D.
Bishop of Quincy
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseQuincy
ElectedFebruary 26, 1878
In office1878–1901
SuccessorFrederick W. Taylor
Orders
OrdinationNovember 1, 1843
by John P. K. Henshaw
ConsecrationMay 15, 1878
by Benjamin B. Smith
Personal details
Born(1819-10-31)October 31, 1819
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
DiedOctober 8, 1901(1901-10-08) (aged 81)
St. Albans, Vermont
BuriedGreenwood Cemetery, St. Albans
DenominationAnglican
ParentsThomas Burgess and Mary Mackie
SpouseMary Williams Selden (m. 1845; d. 1856)
Maria Annette Howard (m. 1858; d. 1899)
Children3
Alma materBrown University

Alexander Burgess (October 31, 1819 – October 8, 1901) was the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Quincy.

Early life and education

Burgess was born on October 31, 1819, in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of Thomas Burgess and Mary Mackie. His brother George Burgess was to become the future Bishop of Maine, while his nephew Frederick Burgess, was to become the future Bishop of Long Island. He graduated from Brown University in 1838 and the General Theological Seminary in 1841.[1]

Ordained ministry

Burgess was ordained to the diaconate on November 3, 1842, by Presiding Bishop Alexander Viets Griswold, and to the priesthood on November 1, 1843, by Bishop John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw of Rhode Island.[2] In 1842, Burgess was assigned to St Stephen's Church in East Haddam, Connecticut, while in 1843 he became rector of St Mark's Church in Augusta, Maine. Between 1854 and 1866 he served as rector St Luke's Church in Portland, Maine. In 1866, he went to become rector of St John's Church in Brooklyn, while in 1869 he assumed the rectorship of Christ Church in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he remained till 1878. He represented the dioceses of Maine, Long Island and Massachusetts as a deputy from 1844 to 1877, and was elected President of the House of Deputies in 1877.[3]

Bishop

During a special convention held February 26, 1878, Burgess was elected as the first Bishop of Quincy on the forty fourth ballot. He was consecrated in Christ Church on May 15, 1878, by Presiding Bishop Benjamin B. Smith.[4] In 1892, he preached at the General Convention in Baltimore.[5]

References

  1. ^ Dana, E. E. (1956). "Alexander Burgess". The Dana Family in America: 284.
  2. ^ Mallory, M. H. (1878). "Ecclesiastical Register". American Church Review. 30: 627.
  3. ^ "The House of Deputies", Episcopal Archives. Retrieved on 24 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Alexander Burgess". The Churchman: 526. 1901.
  5. ^ "CHANGES IN THE PRAYER BOOK.; DOINGS OF THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION IN BALTIMORE". The New York Times. 1892-10-07. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  • The American Church Review, 1878, page 627.
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