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Chester Lovelle Talton (born September 22, 1941) was the Provisional Bishop of the
Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin The Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin (EDSJ) is a diocese of the Episcopal Church (TEC), located in central California with its headquarters in Fresno. It can trace its roots back to the earliest days of American settlement in California. Histor ...
in the Episcopal Church.


Personal life

Born in
El Dorado El Dorado (, ; Spanish for "the golden"), originally ''El Hombre Dorado'' ("The Golden Man") or ''El Rey Dorado'' ("The Golden King"), was the term used by the Spanish in the 16th century to describe a mythical tribal chief (''zipa'') or king o ...
, Arkansas, Talton was ordained to the priesthood in February 1971, in the San Francisco-based Diocese of California. He married Karen Louise Warren in August 1963 and has four children from this union. Karen Talton died in 2003. Talton remarried in 2007, to April Grayson, a lay leader in the Diocese of Los Angeles. He is African American, and one of 37 black bishops who have been consecrated by the Episcopal Church.


Education

Talton studied at California State University, Hayward, California where he earned his B.S. in 1965, and Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, California, where he earned his M.Div. in 1970, and ultimately his D.D.


Positions held

Positions held include Provisional Bishop, Diocese of San Joaquin, 2011 - 2014; Bishop Suffragan, Diocese of Los Angeles, 1991 to 2010;
Rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
, St. Philip's Church, New York City ( Harlem), 1985–1990; Mission Officer, Trinity Church Wall Street, New York City, 1981–1985; Rector, St. Philip's Church, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1976–1981; Vicar, Holy Cross Church, Chicago, Illinois, 1973–1976; Vicar, St. Mathias' Mission, and Curate, All Saints' Church, Carmel, California, 1971–1973; and Vicar, Good Shepherd Church, Berkeley, California, 1970–1971. Talton's consecrators were
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Bibliography

*''Race and prayer: collected voices, many dreams'' / Malcolm Boyd and Chester L. Talton, editors. Harrisburg, Pa.: Morehouse Pub., c. 2003. xii, 202 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. (pbk.)


External links


Office of Black Ministries: Chester Lovelle Talton


References

Living people 1941 births African-American Christian clergy African-American Episcopalians People from El Dorado, Arkansas California State University, East Bay alumni Church Divinity School of the Pacific alumni Episcopal bishops of Los Angeles Episcopal bishops of San Joaquin 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people {{US-Anglican-bishop-stub