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Francis M. Taitt
Francis Marion Taitt (January 3, 1862 – July 17, 1943) was the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania in Episcopal Church in the United States of America, The Episcopal Church and served from 1931 to 1943. Career Taitt was born in Burlington, New Jersey, and moved with his family to Philadelphia at age 8. He graduated from Philadelphia Divinity School in 1883. He served for four years as curate of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Old St. Peter's Church in central Philadelphia, five and a half years as rector of Old Trinity Church in Philadelphia's Southwark neighborhood, and 37 years as rector of Old St. Paul's Church in Chester, Pennsylvania. On October 4, 1929, he was elected Bishop Coadjustor, and became head of the diocese in 1931 following the death of Bishop Thomas J. Garland. In 1937, he organized a pageant, entitled The Drama of Missions, with 1,300 actors. On June 24, 1940, Taitt offered the invocation at the opening of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal Diocese Of Pennsylvania
The Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America encompassing the counties of Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks, Chester and Delaware in the state of Pennsylvania. The Diocese has 36,641 members in 2020 in 134 congregations. In March 2016, Daniel G. P. Gutierrez was elected Bishop Diocesan; he was consecrated and assumed office on July 16, 2016. Upon becoming bishop in 2016, Gutiérrez implemented a strategy of experimentation and adaptation. History Quakers founded Pennsylvania, but Anglicans were present from the beginning. They established nine congregations, including Christ Church in Philadelphia (1695), Old Trinity Church in Oxford (1698), St. Thomas' Church in Whitemarsh (1698), St. Martin's Church in Marcus Hook (1699), St. David's Church in Radnor (1700), St. Paul's Church in Chester (1702) and St. John's Church in Concord (1702) in the colony's first twenty years. After the American Revolution, Angli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |