The Right Reverend Theodore Dehon D.D. | |
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| Bishop of South Carolina | |
 portrait byJohn Stevens Cogdell | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | South Carolina |
| Elected | February 20, 1812 |
| In office | 1812–1817 |
| Predecessor | Robert Smith |
| Successor | Nathaniel Bowen |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | October 9, 1800 by Edward Bass |
| Consecration | October 15, 1812 by William White |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1776-12-08)December 8, 1776 |
| Died | August 6, 1817(1817-08-06) (aged 40) |
| Buried | St. Michael's Churchyard |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Theodore and Frances Dehon |
| Spouse | Sarah Russell(m. 1813) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Harvard College |
Theodore Dehon (December 8, 1776 – August 6, 1817) was the secondbishop of theEpiscopal Diocese of South Carolina.
Theodore Dehon was born inBoston and graduated fromHarvard University in 1795. He was ordaineddeacon byBishopEdward Bass inNewburyport, Massachusetts, on December 24, 1797, and the next month began his call as rector ofTrinity Church,Newport, Rhode Island. He was ordained priest on October 9, 1800.
After paying a visit toSouth Carolina he was offered positions inCharleston, but demurred until 1810, when he accepted a position as rector ofSt. Michael's Church, Charleston. He was electeddiocesan bishop in February 1812 and was consecrated on October 15, 1812. After theGeneral Convention inNew York City in 1817, he returned to Charleston but contractedyellow fever, dying August 6. He was buried at St. Michael's Church. His writings met with some posthumous success.
His obituary in theEssex Register of Saturday 23 August 1817 reads: "To our bill of mortality we have to add the death of the Right Reverend Theodore Dehon, D.D aged 41, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the English Communion, in S. Carolina, on the 6th instant. This amiable man and truly Christian Bishop was born in Boston, and graduated at Cambridge in 1795. He succeeded Bishop Robert Smith, who died in 1801, but not immediately, but in 1812. To a suavity of manners, correct elocution, and a soul of devotion, he added the purity and best accomplishments of life, a just taste, and an excellent judgement, with an extensive knowledge of the duties and the studies of his profession."
Theodore Dehon was the11th bishop consecrated for theEpiscopal Church.
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| Preceded by | 2nd Bishop of South Carolina 1812 – 1817 | Succeeded by |
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