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James Bowen Funsten (July 23, 1856 - December 2, 1918) was the third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho, serving from 1898 to 1918.


Biography

He was born near
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to Col. Oliver Ridgeway Funsten, and Mary Funsten (née Bowen). He graduated from the
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in 1875. He later graduated with a
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from the
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in 1878 and practiced law afterwards. He also studied at the Virginia Theological Seminary from which he graduated in 1882. He was ordained deacon in 1882 and priest in 1883. He was elected Bishop of Idaho in 1898 and was consecrated on July 13, 1899. On 25 May 1902 he and the Rev. Charles Deuel dedicated St. Michael's Cathedral with an overflowing crowd of 500 in attendance. Six months later he founded St. Luke's Hospital inside a cottage with six beds. Now known as St. Luke's Medical Center, it is the only Idaho-based, not-for-profit health system.


References

* ''History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains'', Volume 4 (1920), pp. 381–382 1856 births 1918 deaths Episcopal bishops of Idaho People from Clarke County, Virginia University of Virginia alumni Virginia Theological Seminary alumni 19th-century American Episcopalians {{US-Anglican-bishop-stub