The Right Reverend Jackson Kemper | |
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| Bishop of Wisconsin | |
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| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Wisconsin |
| Elected | 1859 |
| In office | 1859–1870 |
| Successor | William Edmond Armitage |
| Previous post(s) | Missionary Bishop (1835-1859) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | January 23, 1814 by William White |
| Consecration | September 25, 1835 by William White |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 24, 1789 Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York, United States |
| Died | May 24, 1870 (aged 80) Nashotah, Wisconsin, United States |
| Buried | Nashotah House Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Daniel Kemper & Elizabeth Marius |
| Spouse | Jerusha Lyman (m. 1816; d. 1818) Ann Relf (m. 1821; d. 1832) |
| Alma mater | Columbia College |
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| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | May 24 |
| Venerated in | Episcopal Church |
Jackson Kemper (December 24, 1789 – May 24, 1870) in 1835 became the first missionary bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Especially known for his work with Native American peoples, he also founded parishes in what in his youth was considered the Northwest Territory and later became known as the "Old Northwest" (Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Nebraska), hence one appellation as bishop of the "Whole Northwest".[1] Bishop Kemper founded Nashotah House and Racine College in Wisconsin, and from 1859 until his death served as the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Wisconsin.[2]