1. Ethelbert Talbot was the fifteenth presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.
10 Facts About Ethelbert Talbot
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Ethelbert Talbot was the son of John Alnut Talbot, a physician, and Alice Daly Talbot.
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Ethelbert Talbot graduated from Dartmouth in 1870 and went directly to the General Theological Seminary from which he graduated in 1873.
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Ethelbert Talbot immediately became rector of St James Church in Macon, Missouri.
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Ethelbert Talbot built several missions in nearby towns, and founded a school which became St James Military Academy.
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Ethelbert Talbot was consecrated in Christ Church, St Louis on May 27,1887.
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Ethelbert Talbot set about planning for the division of the large diocese, and in 1904 the new Diocese of Harrisburg was established.
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Ethelbert Talbot remained Bishop of Central Pennsylvania and continued ministering in the area as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem following the renaming of the diocese in 1909.
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Ethelbert Talbot held the see concurrently with his position as Bishop of Wyoming until 1908.
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On February 18,1924, upon the death of Alexander C Garrett, Talbot became the last Presiding Bishop to hold the post as a result of his seniority as a bishop.