Reginald Heber Weller
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The Right Reverend Reginald Heber Weller |
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| III Bishop of Fond du Lac | |
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| Province | The Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Fond du Lac |
| See | St. Paul's Cathedral |
| Installed | 1900 |
| Term ended | 1933 |
| Predecessor | Charles Chapman Grafton |
| Other posts | Church of the Intercession, Stevens Point |
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| Ordination | 1884 |
| Consecration | 8 Nov 1900 |
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| Born | November 6, 1857 Jefferson City, Missouri |
| Died | November 22, 1935 Aurora, Illinois |
| Denomination | Episcopalian |
| Spouse | Bessie Brown |
| Children | Ruth, Daniel, George, Walter, Horace and Reginald |
| Alma mater | Nashotah House |
Reginald Heber Weller (November 6, 1857 – November 22, 1935) was an Episcopal priest and bishop active in the ecumenical movement, establishing a dialogue among Protestant, Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox Christians.
The son of an Episcopal priest, Reginald Heber Weller was born in Jefferson City, Missouri or Jacksonville, Florida on November 6, 1857. He was educated in Florida, where his family moved when he was a boy. After attending the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee, Weller received his degree of Bachelor of Divinity at Nashotah House in 1884. He was ordained deacon in 1880. He was ordained a priest in 1884 at All Saints’ Mission, Providence, Rhode Island, after serving his diaconate there. Weller was married to Bessie Brown in 1886 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. They had one daughter, Ruth, and five sons, Daniel, George, Walter, Horace, and Reginald.
Rectorships at Christ Church, Eau Claire, and St. Matthias, Waukesha, were served before he became rector at Church of the Intercession, Stevens Point, where he was at the time of his election to be Bishop Coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac in 1900.
He was consecrated coadjutor on November 8, 1900, at the Cathedral of St. Paul the Apostle in Fond du Lac. The Russian Orthodox bishop of Alaska, Saint Tikhon, was present as well as Antoni Kozlowski of the Polish National Catholic Church. Bishops Charles Chapman Grafton and Weller were photographed with these and other bishops wearing copes and mitres, a "Catholic" practice which was not widely accepted in the "Protestant" Episcopal Church at that time. The photo, published widely back east, became known as the Fond du Lac Circus.
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