Manton Eastburn (1801 in

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, England – 1872) was an Episcopal bishop who served as the fourth Bishop of Massachusetts from 1843 till 1872.

Biography

After graduation from

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, he studied at the

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of the Episcopal Church in the United States before ordination as deacon on May 17, 1822 and priest on November 13, 1825 by Bishop

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of the Diocese of New York. After serving at Christ Church, New York, New York, he became the first rector of the Church of the Ascension, New York. On December 29, 1842, he was consecrated as assistant Bishop of Massachusetts; he served as diocesan bishop on the death of Alexander Viets Griswold from 1843 until his death. Eastburn attended the first

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in 1867 and was associated with the evangelical school of Episcopalian churchmanship. His tenure as diocesan bishop was marked by considerable conflict over

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both locally and nationally, particularly at the Church of the Advent in

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. He is buried at St. Paul's Church, in

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References

* ''A Sketch-book of the American Episcopate'', by Hermon Griswold Batterson
Correspondence between the Right Reverend the Bishop of Massachusetts and the Rectors of the Parish of the Advent Boston, A.D. 1845 to A.D. 1856.

External links

Documents by Manton Eastburn
from

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