William Whittingham (bishop)
| William Rollinson Whittingham | |
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| Religion | Episcopalian |
| Education | General Theological Seminary, Columbia University |
| Personal | |
| Born |
December 2, 1805 New York City |
| Died | 17 October 1879 (aged 73) Orange, New Jersey |
| Resting place | St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Millburn, New Jersey |
| Senior posting | |
| Title | Bishop of Maryland |
| Consecration | September 17, 1840 |
| Predecessor | William Murray Stone |
| Successor | William Pinkney |
| Religious career | |
| Ordination | December 17, 1829 |
William Rollinson Whittingham (December 2, 1805 – October 17, 1879) was the fourth Episcopal Bishop of Maryland.
Whittingham was born in New York City, the son of Richard Whittingham and Mary Ann Rollinson Whittingham. He was educated at home, and later attended the General Theological Seminary, graduating in 1825. He received the degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology from Columbia University in 1827. Whittingham was ordained deacon in 1827 and assigned to missionary work in northern New Jersey. While there, he married Hannah Harrison; the couple ultimately had two sons and two daughters.
Whittingham was ordained priest on December 17, 1829, and became the rector of St. Mark's in Orange, New Jersey. In 1831, he became the rector of St. Luke's, New York City, and remained there until 1836, when he accepted a professorship at the General Theological Seminary.
In 1840, a diocesan convention elected Whittingham bishop of Maryland. On September 17 of that year in St. Paul's, Baltimore, bishops Alexander Viets Griswold, Richard Channing Moore, and Benjamin Treadwell Onderdonk consecrated Whittingham, who thus became the 36th bishop of the Episcopal Church.
Bishop Whittingham founded several charitable and educational institutions, including the College of St. James in Hagerstown, an infirmary in Baltimore, an order of deaconesses, and the Sisterhood of St. John in Washington, D.C. (then part of the diocese). He also became known for his solicitude toward African-Americans in his diocese, both from his support of St. James' First African Church in Baltimore, and for always setting aside the afternoons during his visitations within the diocese for meetings with and instructions for African Americans, some of whom were undoubtedly slaves.
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