The Most Reverend Charles Palmerston Anderson
17th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
Bishop Anderson in 1900
Church	Episcopal Church
Elected	November 13, 1929
In office	1929–1930
Predecessor	John Gardner Murray
Successor	James De Wolf Perry
Other post(s)	Bishop of Chicago (1905-1930)
Previous post(s)	Coadjutor Bishop of Chicago (1900-1905)
Orders
Ordination	December 16, 1888 by John Lewis
Consecration	February 24, 1900 by William Edward McLaren
Rank	Presiding Bishop
Personal details
Born	(1865-09-08)September 8, 1865 Kemptville, Ontario, Canada
Died	January 30, 1930(1930-01-30) (aged 64) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Buried	Phelps Cemetery, Phelps, Wisconsin
Nationality	Canadian
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Henry Anderson & Maria Rose Sexton
Spouse	Janet Glass
Children	5

Charles Palmerston Anderson (September 8, 1865 – January 30, 1930) was the seventeenth Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.

He was born in Kemptville, Ontario in Canada on September 8, 1865, the son of Henry Anderson^[1] and Maria Rose Sexton. He attended Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario. He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity by Trinity College, Toronto in 1900^[1] and another by Western Theological Seminary in 1905.^[2]

Anderson was ordained deacon on December 11, 1887, and priest on December 16, 1888, by Bishop John Lewis of Ontario. After his ordination to the diaconate he was in charge of the Church of St. Augustine in Beachburg, Ontario from 1888 to 1891.^[1] In 1891 he became rector of Grace Church in Oak Park, Illinois.^[3]

In 1900, Anderson was unanimously elected Coadjutor Bishop of Chicago during the first ballot of the special convention. He was consecrated on February 24, 1900, by the Bishop of Chicago William Edward McLaren.^[1] He succeeded as diocesan bishop on February 19, 1905, on the death of William Edward McLaren. On November 13, 1929, Anderson was elected to the highest post in the Episcopal church, to serve as Presiding Bishop and Primate. He also retained the bishopric of Chicago simultaneously. Anderson died only a few months after his election as primate.

Anderson married Janet Glass of Belleville, Ontario in 1889^[1] and together had four daughters and one son, the latter died in WWI.

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