Charles Brent
Charles Henry Brent (April 9, 1862 – March 27, 1929) was the Episcopal Church's first Missionary Bishop of the Philippine Islands (1902–1918); Chaplain General of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I (1917–1918); and Bishop of the Episcopal Church's Diocese of Western New York (1918–1929). The historian and Episcopal minister Frederick Ward Kates characterised him as a "gallant, daring, and consecrated soldier and servant of Christ" who was "one of modern Christendom's foremost leaders, prophets, and seers."
The Right Reverend Charles Henry Brent D.D., LL.D. | |
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| 4th Bishop of Western New York | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Western New York |
| Elected | January 18, 1918 |
| In office | 1919–1929 |
| Predecessor | William D. Walker |
| Successor | David L. Ferris |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | March 6, 1887 by Arthur Sweatman |
| Consecration | December 19, 1901 by William Croswell Doane |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 9, 1862 Newcastle, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | March 27, 1929 (aged 66) Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Buried | Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery |
| Nationality | Born Canadian Naturalized American |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Henry Brent & Sophia Frances Cummings |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of the Missionary District of the Philippine Islands (1901–1918) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Toronto |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | The Episcopal Church's Liturgical Calendar commemorates Brent on March 27. The Anglican Church of Canada commemorates Brent on March 27 as "Charles Henry Brent, Bishop of the Philippines, and of Western New York, 1929." |
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