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Chester Lovelle Talton (born September 22, 1941) was the Provisional
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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, California, Fresno. It can trace its roots back to the earliest days of American settlement in ...
in the Episcopal Church.


Personal life

Talton was born in
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, to Chester Talton and Mae Ola Shells. He was ordained deacon in 1970 and to the priesthood in February 1971, in the
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–based Diocese of California. He married Karen Louise Warren on August 25, 1963, and has four children from this union. Karen Talton died in 2003. Talton remarried in 2007, to April Grayson, a
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in the Diocese of Los Angeles. He is
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, and one of 37 black bishops who have been consecrated by the Episcopal Church.


Education

Talton studied at
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, California where he earned his B.S. in 1965, and
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,
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, 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;"First Black Episcopal Bishop in West Ordained"
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'', January 27, 1991. Retrieved on July 25, 2023. Rector, St. Philip's Church,
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(
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), 1985–1990; Mission Officer, Trinity Church Wall Street,
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, 1981–1985; Rector, St. Philip's Church,
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, 1976–1981;
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, Holy Cross Church,
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,
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, 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 Edmond L. Browning,
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, and
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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 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