Abram Newkirk Littlejohn (December 13, 1824 – August 3, 1901) was the first bishop of the

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Biography

He was born in

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and graduated from

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in 1845. Littlejohn was ordained deacon on March 19, 1848, by

William Heathcote DeLancey William Heathcote DeLancey (October 8, 1797 – April 5, 1865) was a bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America and the sixth Provost of the University of Pennsylvania. DeLancey was known as a High Churchman, and served as t ...

, and to the priesthood by

Thomas Church Brownell Thomas Church Brownell (October 19, 1779 – January 13, 1865) was founder of Trinity College (Connecticut), Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Episcopal Ch ...

on June 12, 1849. As a priest, his first parish was Christ Church (now Christ Church Cathedral), Springfield, MA. In 1868, he was elected Bishop of Central New York, but declined. He was consecrated Bishop of Long Island on January 27, 1869, and served in charge of the American Episcopal churches in Europe from 1874. In 1895, the Right Rev'd Littlejohn, among others, officiated at the wedding of

Consuelo Vanderbilt Consuelo Vanderbilt-Balsan (formerly Consuelo Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough; born Consuelo Vanderbilt; March 2, 1877 – December 6, 1964) was a socialite and a member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family. Her first marriage ...

to the Duke of Marlborough at St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue. He died in

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on August 3, 1901, and was buried at All Saints Cemetery in

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