Abraham Jarvis (May 5, 1739 – May 3, 1813) was the second

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of the

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and eighth in succession of bishops in the Episcopal Church. He was a high churchman and a loyalist to the crown.

Biography

Jarvis was born in Norwalk, Connecticut and graduated from

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in 1761. He studied under the Rev. Thomas Bradbury Chandler, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, Elizabeth, N.J. He was ordained

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on February 5, 1764, and priest on February 19, 1764, by the

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. He served as rector of Christ Church, Middletown, Connecticut, from 1764 to 1799. Jarvis served as a chaplain to imprisoned Loyalist sympathizers during the

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. He presided at a convention in

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, of clergy of Connecticut on July 23, 1776, which decided to suspend worship in the colony for fear of the British. He was one of ten Episcopal priests who met in

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, on March 25, 1783, and elected

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as the first bishop of the Episcopal Church, serving as secretary of the meeting. Jarvis was consecrated second bishop of Connecticut on October 18, 1797. Completing his service in Middletown in 1799, he then served in Cheshire until 1803 and finally in New Haven, where he died. His remains are interred under the high altar at

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. Jarvis Hall, the oldest dormitory at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, is named after Abraham Jarvis. The Living Church Annual, 1944, pgs, 376-377

Consecrators

* The Right Reverend William White (second in succession), first presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church and first

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* The Right Reverend

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, (third in succession), third presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church and first

of New York * The Right Reverend Edward Bass (seventh in succession), first

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Publications

* "Sermon on the Death of Bishop Seabury", 1796

Notes and references

Historical material by and about Jarvis
from Project Canterbury {{DEFAULTSORT:Jarvis, Abraham 1739 births 1813 deaths People from Norwalk, Connecticut History of Christianity in the United States 18th-century Anglican bishops in the United States British North American Anglicans Episcopal Church in Connecticut Yale College alumni 19th-century Anglican bishops in the United States Episcopal bishops of Connecticut 18th-century American clergy

Biography

Consecrators

Publications

See also

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