Philander Chase | |
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6th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
In office | 1843–1852 |
Predecessor | Alexander Viets Griswold |
Successor | Thomas Church Brownell |
Other post(s) | Bishop of Illinois (1835-1852) |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Ohio (1819-1832) |
Orders | |
Ordination | November 10, 1799 by Samuel Provoost |
Consecration | February 11, 1819 by William White |
Personal details | |
Born | December 14, 1775 |
Died | September 20, 1852 Brimfield, Illinois, United States | (aged 76)
Buried | Jubilee College |
Parents | Dudley Chase & Alice Corbett |
Spouse | Mary Fay (m. 1796; d. 1818) Sophia May Ingraham (m. 1819) |
Children | 6 |
Signature | |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | September 22 |
Venerated in | Episcopal Church |
Philander Chase (December 14, 1775 – September 20, 1852) was an Episcopal Church bishop, educator, and pioneer of the United States western frontier, especially in Ohio and Illinois.