The Right Reverend Charles Henry Brent D.D., LL.D. | |
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| 4th Bishop of Western New York | |
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| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Western New York |
| Elected | January 18, 1918 |
| In office | 1919–1929 |
| Predecessor | William D. Walker |
| Successor | David L. Ferris |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of the Missionary District of the Philippine Islands (1901–1918) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | March 6, 1887 by Arthur Sweatman |
| Consecration | December 19, 1901 by William Croswell Doane |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 9, 1862 |
| Died | March 27, 1929 (aged 66) Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Buried | Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery |
| Nationality | Born Canadian Naturalized American |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Henry Brent & Sophia Frances Cummings |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Toronto |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | The Episcopal Church's Liturgical Calendar commemorates Brent on March 27.[1] The Anglican Church of Canada commemorates Brent on March 27 as "Charles Henry Brent, Bishop of the Philippines, and of Western New York, 1929."[2] |
Charles Henry Brent (April 9, 1862 – March 27, 1929) was the Episcopal Church's first Missionary Bishop of the Philippine Islands (1902–1918); Chaplain General of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I (1917–1918); and Bishop of the Episcopal Church's Diocese of Western New York (1918–1929).[3] The historian and Episcopal minister Frederick Ward Kates characterised him as a "gallant, daring, and consecrated soldier and servant of Christ" who was "one of modern Christendom's foremost leaders, prophets, and seers."[4]
- ^ Episcopal Church Glossary: Charles Henry Brent.
- ^ For All the Saints Prayers and Readings for Saints' Days According to the Calendar of the Book of Alternative Services of the Anglican Church of Canada.
- ^ Charles Henry Brent
- ^ Trinity College School Record October 1946-August 1947 (Trinity College School, 1946), 4, 10. Retrieved October 17, 2016.