Charles Lewis Slattery (December 9, 1867 – March 12, 1930) was a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts and a prominent writer in the early 20th century. Slattery was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to the Reverend George Sidney Leffingwell and Emma McClellan Slattery. He was educated at Harvard University (1887-1891) and the former Episcopal Theological School (1891-1894) at Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was ordained to the diaconate in 1894 and to the priesthood in 1895. He served as dean of the

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in Faribault, Minnesota from 1896 to 1907; rector of Christ Church, Springfield, Massachusetts (1907-1910); and rector of Grace Church, New York (1910-1922). Slattery was Bishop Coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts from 1922 to 1927 and diocesan bishop from 1927 to 1930. A prolific author, he received honorary doctoral degrees from the Episcopal Theological School, the University of the South at Sewanee, Trinity College, Hartford and Harvard University.

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