Leighton Coleman (May 3, 1837 - December 14, 1907) was an American clergyman of the
Episcopal Church.
Biography
He was born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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, and graduated at the
General Theological Seminary
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(
New York City
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) in 1861. he was ordained deacon on July 1, 1860. From 1860 until 1862, he served as a missionary on
Randalls and Wards Islands
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He served his religion in a variety of positions and at different places. He was rector of churches in
Bustleton, Pa.,
Wilmington, Del.,
Mauch Chunk, Pa.,
Toledo, Ohio
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, and
Sayre, Pa. He lived in
England
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from 1879 to 1887.
In 1888 Leighton Coleman was consecrated the 2nd Bishop of Delaware in the Episcopal Church. His consecration was on January 18, 1889 with Daniel Sylvester Tuttle being the chief consecrator.
Bishop Coleman was Grand Chaplain of the
Grand Lodge of Masons of Pennsylvania and prelate of the
Knights Templar
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, Chaplain General of the Society of the War of 1812, Chaplain of the Delaware Society of the Cincinnati, and Vice President of the
Delaware Historical Society
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. He was elected a thirty-third degree
Mason
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Occupations
* Mason, brick mason, or bricklayer, a worker who lays bricks to assist in brickwork, or who lays any combination of stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or similar pieces
* Stone mason, a craftsman in the stone-cutti ...
by the
Consistory in Boston in September 1907.
[The ''New York Times''. ]
Bishop Coleman of Delaware Dies
'' Sunday December 15, 1907. Page 13.
Publications authored
* ''A History of the Lehigh Valley'' (1872)
* ''The Church in America'' (1895)
* ''A History of the Church in the United States'' (1901, in the "Oxford Church Text Series")
See also
*
Raphael Morgan (Robert Josias Morgan, who was ordained to the Episcopal Deaconate by Bp. Coleman).
References
Sources
* The ''New York Times''.
Bishop Coleman of Delaware Dies'' Sunday December 15, 1907. Page 13. (''Obituary'')
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American Episcopal theologians
Clergy from Philadelphia
19th-century American Episcopal priests
American religious writers
Historians from Pennsylvania
General Theological Seminary alumni
1837 births
1907 deaths
American Freemasons
Episcopal bishops of Delaware