Charles Lewis Slattery
The Right Reverend Charles Lewis Slattery | |
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Bishop of Massachusetts | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Massachusetts |
In office | 1927-1930 |
Predecessor | William Lawrence |
Successor | Henry Knox Sherrill |
Orders | |
Ordination |
8 June 1895 by William Lawrence |
Consecration | 31 October 1922 |
Personal details | |
Born |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | December 9, 1867
Died |
March 12, 1930 62) Boston, Massachusetts, United States | (aged
Buried | Mount Auburn Cemetery |
Nationality | American |
Parents |
George S. L. and Emma M. Hall |
Spouse | Sarah Lawrence (1923-1930) |
Previous post | Coadjutor of Massachusetts (1922-1927) |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Charles Lewis Slattery (December 9, 1867 – 1930) was a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts and a prominent writer in the early twentieth century. He 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 Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour in Faribault, Minnesota from 1896-1907; 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 1927-1930. 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.