Charles Moss (bishop of Bath and Wells)
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The Reverend Charles Moss |
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| Bishop of Bath and Wells | |
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| Church | Church of England |
| Province | Province of Canterbury |
| Diocese | Diocese of Canterbury |
| Elected | 1774 |
| Term ended | 1802 |
| Predecessor | Edward Willes |
| Successor | Richard Beadon |
| Other posts |
Bishop of St David's (1766–1774); Chaplain to the King (1758 - 1766) |
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| Born |
3 January 1711 Postwick, Norfolk |
| Died | 13 April 1802 (aged 91) London |
| Buried | Grosvenor Chapel |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Alma mater | Caius College, Cambridge |
Charles Moss (3 January 1711/12 – 13 April 1802) was an Anglican clergyman who served as Bishop of St David's from 1766 to 1774 and Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1774 to 1802.
Born in Postwick, Norfolk, England, Moss was son of William Moss, a grazier and large landowner of Postwick. He was educated under Mr Reddington at Norwich School and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He graduated BA in 1831, was ordained by Thomas Gooch at Bristol in 1837, and was a fellow of Caius from 1835 to 1839.
Moss served as prebendary of Warminster, (1738–1740) and of Hurstbourne and Burbage, Diocese of Salisbury, (1740–1786); as residential canon of Salisbury, 1746–1786; Archdeacon of Colchester, St. Paul's Cathedral, London, (1749–1766). In 1752 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and served as their Vice-President from 1766 to 1768.
From 1758 to 1766, Moss was a Chaplain to the King. Moss also served as rector of St George's, Hanover Square, London beginning in 1759 and remained in that post when he was appointed Bishop of St David's in 1766. He was translated to Bath and Wells in 1774, remaining in that post until his death in 1802. As Bishop of Bath and Wells, he was one of the three bishops to consecrate William White and Samuel Provoost, the second and third American Episcopal bishops, respectively, in 1787.
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