Historical records matching Bishop Richard Channing Moore, MD, DD
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About Bishop Richard Channing Moore, MD, DD
Bishop Richard Channing Moore
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Channing_Moore
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15009561/richard-channing-moore
- https://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/M/moore-richard-channing-dd.html
- https://historichampshire.org/moore/testamon.htm
Bishop Moore was the second bishop of the Diocese of Virginia (1814–1841).
Son of Thomas Moore and Elizabeth Channing Moore. He attended King's College (Columbia University) and studied medicine, becoming a physician. Soon after commencing his practice, however, Moore decided to enter the ministry and was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church in July 1787, followed by his ordination as a priest in September 1787. In 1788, Moore was appointed rector of St. Andrew's Church in Staten Island, New York, remaining 21 years, before being appointed rector of St. Stephen's Church in New York City in 1809. In 1814 he was elected Bishop of the Virginia Diocese of the Episcopal Church and held that position for twenty-seven years, and served as rector of Monumental Church in Richmond, Virginia, at the same time. The second Bishop of Virginia, Moore revitalized a declining church, increasing its clergy from around seven in 1814 to 95 at the time of his death. Moore married Christian Jones in 1784 in New York, and they had five children. He married Sarah Mersereau on March 23, 1797 in New York, and they had six children.
First buried at Shockoe Cemetery in Richmond, reinterred in 1880 at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.
Bishop Moore's epitaph at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia reads:
"Richard Channing Moore, D.D. was born in New York, August 21, 1762. He labored faithfully and successfully in the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church 54 years. He was rector of the Monumental Church in Richmond, and Bishop of the Diocese of Virginia 27 years. In the Convention that called him to the Episcopate, there were only 7 members. At the time of his death there were 95 clergy in the Diocese of Virginia. He died in Lynchburg, Virginia, Nov. 11th, 1841, at the age of 79."
Memoir of the life of the Rt. Rev. Richard Channing Moore Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia by J.P.K. Henshaw. D.D., 1842.
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Bishop Richard Channing Moore, MD, DD's Timeline
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April 21, 1762
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New York, New York County, New York, United States
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June 3, 1787
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1789
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Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, United States
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April 13, 1792
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Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, United States
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1798
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1799
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1803
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New York, New York, United States
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July 22, 1807
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New York, New York, United States
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1811
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New York, New York, United States
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