Charles Chapman Grafton

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Charles Chapman Grafton 2nd Bishop of Fond du Lac Province The Episcopal Church Diocese Fond du Lac Enthroned 1888 Ended 1912 Predecessor John Henry Hobart Brown Successor Reginald Heber Weller Consecration 25 April 1888 Born April 12, 1830 Boston, Massachusetts Died August 30, 1912 (age 82) Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Buried St. Paul's Cathedral Christianity Portal

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The Right Reverend Charles Chapman Grafton (b. April 12, 1830 - d. August 30, 1912) was the second Bishop of the Diocese of Fond du Lac in The Episcopal Church. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he was a supporter of the Oxford Movement, an affiliation of High Church Anglicans that lead to Anglo-Catholicism in The Episcopal Church. Prior to his election as bishop, Grafton was Rector of Church of the Advent in Boston.

Grafton was consecrated on December 15, 1875 at St. Paul's Cathedral, Fond du Lac by William E. McLaren of Chicago, Alexander Burgess of Quincy, and George F. Seymour of Springfield. Grafton founded the Anglican religious order Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity.

[edit] See also

• List of Succession of Bishops for the Episcopal Church, USA

[edit] References

• A Sketch-book of the American Episcopate, by Hermon Griswold Batterson
• The Episcopate in America, by William Stevens Perry

[edit] External links

• Documents by Grafton from Project Canterbury

Preceded by John Henry Hobart Brown

2nd Bishop of Fond du Lac 1888 – 1912

Succeeded by Reginald Heber Weller