Leighton Coleman

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Leighton Coleman

S.T.D., D.D., LL.D.
Bishop of Delaware
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Church Episcopal Church
Diocese Delaware
ElectedJune 6, 1888
In office1888–1907
Predecessor Alfred Lee
Successor Frederick Joseph Kinsman
Orders
OrdinationMay 15, 1862
by  Horatio Potter
ConsecrationOctober 18, 1888
by  Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe
Personal details
Born(1837-05-03)May 3, 1837
DiedDecember 14, 1907(1907-12-14) (aged 70)
Wilmington, Delaware. United States
BuriedDu Pont de Nemours Cemetery in Wilmington, Delaware
Nationality American
Denomination Anglican
ParentsJohn Coleman & Margaretta Thomas
SpouseFrances Elizabeth DuPont
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Leighton Coleman (May 3, 1837 - December 14, 1907) was an American clergyman of the Episcopal Church.

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Biography

He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated at the General Theological Seminary (New York City) in 1861. he was ordained deacon on July 1, 1860. From 1860 until 1862, he served as a missionary on Randalls and Wards Islands in New York. He was ordained priest on May 15, 1862.

He served his religion in a variety of positions and at different places. He was rector of churches in Bustleton, Pa., Wilmington, Del., Mauch Chunk, Pa., Toledo, Ohio, and Sayre, Pa. He lived in England from 1879 to 1887.

In 1888 Leighton Coleman was consecrated the 2nd Bishop of Delaware in the Episcopal Church. His consecration was on January 18, 1889 with Daniel Sylvester Tuttle being the chief consecrator. [1]

Bishop Coleman was Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Pennsylvania and prelate of the Knights Templar, Chaplain General of the Society of the War of 1812, Chaplain of the Delaware Society of the Cincinnati, and Vice President of the Delaware Historical Society. He was elected a thirty-third degree Mason by the Consistory in Boston in September 1907. [2]

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References

  1. The Living Church Annual 1944, pg. 380-381
  2. The New York Times. Bishop Coleman of Delaware Dies. Sunday December 15, 1907. Page 13.

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