Cyrus Frederick Knight (March 28, 1831 – June 8, 1891) was the fourth Bishop of Milwaukee from 1889 till 1891.

Early life and education

Cyrus Frederic Smith was born in

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on March 28, 1831, the son of Cyrus Smith and Lucy Woodbury Prince. He changed his name from Cyrus Frederic Smith to Cyrus Frederick Knight on May 2, 1854, upon petition in Probate Court,

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. He was educated at Burlington College in

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and then at

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. He also graduated from the

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in 1854.

Ordained ministry

Knight was ordained deacon on July 2, 1854, in Trinity Church,

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, by the Bishop of New York Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, and became assistant at St Luke's Church in

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. He was ordained priest in 1855 by Bishop

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of Pennsylvania. He then travelled to

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, attending several courses of lectures at the

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. He served as rector of St Mark's Church in

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from 1857 till 1867, and then as rector of St James' Church in

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between 1867 and 1877. In 1878, he became rector of St James's Church in

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, a post he retained till 1889.

Episcopacy

On December 12, 1888, Knight was elected as the fourth Bishop of Milwaukee, and was consecrated as bishop on March 26, 1889, by the Bishop of Chicago

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. Knight's primary consecrators were: *

, Bishop of Chicago *

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, Bishop of Iowa *

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, Bishop of Quincy He died two years later, in Milwaukee, on June 8, 1891.

References

External links

Documents and about Knight
from

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