Robert Codman (December 30, 1859 - October 7, 1915) was bishop of the

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, serving from 1900 to 1915.

Early years

Codman was born in

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in 1859 to Robert Codman Sr, a prominent Boston lawyer. Codman's father Robert Sr had Congregationalist ancestry, with his own father, John Codman, serving as a Congregationalist minister. Nonetheless, Robert Codman Sr converted to Anglicanism. By the time of his death he had become a senior warden in the Church of the Advent in

, which was also the parish church in which his son Robert Jr, the future bishop, grew up. Codman was educated in public schools and later graduated in Law from

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in 1882.

Ordained ministry

He practiced law for some years, but upon the death of his brother, the Reverend Archibald Codman, he thoughts turned to the ordained ministry. He studied in the

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after which he was ordained deacon in 1893. He was appointed curate of

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. In 1894 he was ordained priest by Bishop

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. He became rector of St John's Church in Boston Highlands.

Episcopacy

Codman was elected to succeed Henry A. Neely as Bishop of Maine. He was consecrated bishop on February 24, 1900, in St Luke's Cathedral in Portland. As bishop he altered and expanded the cathedral by adding the Emmanuel chapel which includes the Madonna and Child of

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. He also expanded he Bishop's residence. Codman served as bishop till his death in 1915.(1917). ''The Living Church Annual'', p. 65-66. The Young Churchmen Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

References

*''The Living Church Annual'', 1916, pp. 65–66. 1859 births 1915 deaths Harvard Law School alumni 19th-century American Episcopalians Episcopal bishops of Maine {{US-Anglican-bishop-stub