Robert Codman

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The Right Reverend

Robert Codman

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Bishop of Maine
The Rt. Rev. Robert Codman, Jr.jpg
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese Maine
In office1900–1915
Predecessor Henry A. Neely
Successor Benjamin Brewster
Orders
OrdinationJune 10, 1894
by  Charles Chapman Grafton
ConsecrationFebruary 24, 1900
by  William Woodruff Niles
Personal details
Born(1859-12-30)December 30, 1859
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
DiedOctober 7, 1915(1915-10-07) (aged 55)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality American
Denomination Anglican
Alma mater Harvard University

Robert Codman (December 30, 1859 - October 7, 1915) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine, serving from 1900 to 1915.

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Early years

Codman was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1859 to Robert Codman Sr, a prominent Boston lawyer. Codman's father Robert Sr had Congregationalist ancestry, with his own father, John Codman, serving as a Congregationalist minister. Nonetheless, Robert Codman Sr converted to Anglicanism. By the time of his death he had become a senior warden in the Church of the Advent in Boston, which was also the parish church in which his son Robert Jr, the future bishop, grew up. Codman was educated in public schools and later graduated in Law from Harvard University in 1882.

Ordained ministry

He graduated from Harvard and practiced law for some years, but upon the death of his brother, the Reverend Archibald Codman, his thoughts turned to the ordained ministry. [1] He studied in the General Theological Seminary [2] in New York City after which he was ordained deacon in 1893. He was appointed curate of All Saints Church in Ashmont, Boston. In 1894 he was ordained priest by Bishop Charles Chapman Grafton. He became rector of St John's Church in Boston Highlands.

He was a strong advocate of Muscular Christianity. [1]

Episcopacy

Codman was elected to succeed Henry A. Neely as Bishop of Maine. [3] He was consecrated bishop on February 24, 1900, in St Luke's Cathedral in Portland. As bishop he altered and expanded the cathedral by adding the Emmanuel chapel [4] which includes the Madonna and Child of John La Farge. He also expanded the Bishop's residence.

He worked to increase the Episcopal presence throughout his diocese [5] [6] and consecrated several new church buildings. [7] [8]

In 1911 he presided at the opening of the Edward T. Gignoux U.S. Courthouse in Portland. [9]

Codman served as bishop till his death in 1915. [10]

During his later years, he was heavily involved in the Anti-Tuberculosis Society [11] and the Citizens’ Committee; [1] he saw both as working against the disadvantages of urban life.

Family

Codman married Margarette B Porter in September 1915; he died three weeks later from a brain tumour. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 University of Maine website, Library section Combating the ‘Social Evil’: Masculinity and Moral Reform in Portland, 1912-1914, by Howard M. Solomon, published in Maine History (Volume 43, Number 3, January 2008
  2. ↑ Internet Archive, Catalogue of the officers and students of the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, located in the city of New-York
  3. ↑ The Parish of St Mary and St Jude website, Not a Common House, by Gunnar Hansen (1981), page 37
  4. ↑ Episcopal Maine website, History
  5. ↑ Good Shepherd Rangeley website, Shearings, Issue 1 (2019), page 3
  6. ↑ Christ Church Eastport website, History of Christ Church
  7. ↑ St George’s Episcopal Church website, History
  8. ↑ The Maine Mag website, All Saints by the Sea, article by Dr. Lisa Belisle dated July 2017
  9. ↑ US District Court (District of Maine) website, Court History
  10. ↑ (1917). The Living Church Annual, p. 65-66. The Young Churchmen Co., Milwaukee, Wis.
  11. ↑ Bangor Daily News website, Bangor Fought Spread of TB, article by Wayne E. Reilly, published January 30, 2011

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