Gouverneur Frank Mosher (1871 – July 19, 1941) was an Episcopal Missionary Bishop of the

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. He was born at Stapleton, New York (

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) and studied at

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, Schenectady and

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. He served as a missionary priest in China from 1896 to 1920, and was consecrated Missionary Bishop of the Philippine Islands on February 25, 1920, in the Church of Our Saviour,

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. He was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity.

References

Gouverneur Frank Mosher, 1871–1941, missionary priest in China, 1896–1920, missionary bishop of the Philippine islands, 1920–1941
by F.S.S. Mosher (1942)

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* 1871 births 1941 deaths Episcopal bishops of the Philippine Islands {{US-Anglican-bishop-stub