Francis Marion Taitt (January 3, 1862 – July 17, 1943) was the ninth bishop of the
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 ...
in
The Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Church, based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere, is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine Ecclesiastical provinces and dioces ...
and served from 1931 to 1943.
Career
Taitt was born in
Burlington, New Jersey
Burlington is a city in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a suburb of Philadelphia. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 9,743.
Burlington was first incorporated on October 24, 1693, and was r ...
, 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
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
Thomas James Garland (October 25, 1866 – March 1, 1931) was the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania in the Episcopal Church from 1924 to 1931, having previously served as suffragan bishop from his election in 1911.
Biography
Born near ...
. 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 second session of the
1940 Republican National Convention
The 1940 Republican National Convention was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from June 24 to June 28, 1940. It nominated Wendell Willkie of New York for president and Senator Charles McNary of Oregon for vice president.
The contest for the 19 ...
.
Death
Bishop Taitt was hospitalized for abdominal surgery at
Crozer Hospital,
Upland, Pennsylvania
Upland is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Upland is governed by an elected seven-member borough council. The population was 3,239 at the 2010 census, up from 2,974 at the 2000 census.
Geography
Upland is located in so ...
, where he died of
pneumonia, on July 17, 1943. His remains were entombed in the crypt of the Episcopal Cathedral, now St. Mary's Church, Roxborough, Philadelphia.
["RITES FOR BISHOP TAITT: Three Services Held for Head of the Pennsylvania Diocese", ''New York Times'', July 22, 1943]
See also
*
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 ...
*
Succession of Bishops of The Episcopal Church (U.S.)
References
External links
Program for Francis Marion Taitt's memorial service from the archives of St. Clement's Church, vi
Philadelphia Studies
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1862 births
1943 deaths
People from Burlington, New Jersey
Clergy from Philadelphia
Deaths from pneumonia in Pennsylvania
Episcopal bishops of Pennsylvania