Alfred Harding (bishop)


Alfred Harding
Bishop of Washington
Bishop Alfred Harding
ChurchEpiscopal Church
ProvinceProvince 3
DioceseWashington
Elected1908
In office1909–1923
PredecessorHenry Yates Satterlee
SuccessorJames E. Freeman
Other post(s)Dean of Washington National Cathedral
Orders
OrdinationMay 20, 1883
by Abram Newkirk Littlejohn
ConsecrationJanuary 25, 1909
by Charles E. Woodcock
Personal details
BornAugust 15, 1852
DiedMay 2, 1923 (aged 70)
Washington, D.C., United States
BuriedBethlehem Chapel of Washington National Cathedral
NationalityIrish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsRichard Harding & Mary Ferguson
SpouseJustine Prindle Douglas (m. 1887)
Children3
Alma materTrinity College
Berkeley Divinity School

Alfred Harding (August 15, 1852 – May 2, 1923) was the second Episcopal Bishop of Washington. He was elected in 1909 to succeed the Henry Yates Satterlee, the founding bishop of the Diocese of Washington (1896–1908). Harding was de facto dean of the Cathedral from 1909 until 1916.