Carlton Chase (February 20, 1794 – January 18, 1870) was the first Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the

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Early life

Chase was born in

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, the son of Captain Charles Chase and Sarah (Currier) Chase. He graduated from

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in 1817. He was ordained deacon in 1818 and ordained priest in 1820 by Alexander Viets Griswold. After his ordination, Chase moved to Bellows Falls, Vermont and became the rector of Immanuel Church. Not long after arriving in

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, Chase married an inhabitant of that town, Harriet Cutler. They would go on to have eight children. He remained at Immanuel until his consecration as bishop in 1844, receiving a

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during his time there from the University of Vermont.

Bishop of New Hampshire

He was consecrated along with

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and Cicero S. Hawks in Philadelphia on October 20, 1844. After his elevation to the episcopate, he moved to Claremont, New Hampshire, where he also served as rector of Trinity Church. Chase made pastoral visitations to the

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in 1850, 1851, and 1852 in the midst of difficulties related to the trial and suspension of Bishop

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. He died January 18, 1870, and was buried in

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External links

Documents by Chase
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A Memorial of the Right Reverend Carlton Chase, D.D., First Bishop of New-Hampshire, 1844 to 1870, with a Biographical Sketch
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