Theodore B. Lyman

Theodore Benedict Lyman (November 27, 1815 – December 13, 1893), was the fourth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina.[1]

The Right Reverend Theodore Benedict Lyman D.D., L.L.D., D.C.L.
Bishop of North Carolina
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	North Carolina
In office	1881-1893
Predecessor	Thomas Atkinson
Successor	Joseph Blount Cheshire
Orders
Ordination	December 19, 1841 by William R. Whittingham
Consecration	December 11, 1873 by William R. Whittingham
Personal details
Born	November 27, 1815 Brighton, Massachusetts, United States
Died	December 13, 1893 (aged 78) Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Buried	Historic Oakwood Cemetery
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Asa Lyman & Mary Benedict
Spouse	Anna Margaret Albert (m. 1845, d. 1889) Susannah Boone Robertson (m. 1889, d. 1893)
Children	6
Previous post	Assistant Bishop of North Carolina (1873-1881)

Biography

He was born in Brighton, Massachusetts on November 27, 1815.[2] He was the father of William Whittingham Lyman.[3] He was educated at Hamilton College and General Theological Seminary. He was ordained deacon on September 20, 1840 and priest on December 19, 1841 for the Diocese of Maryland and served as rector of Saint John's Church at Hagerstown, Maryland. In 1850 he moved to Pittsburgh. He spent some time traveling around Europe and the Middle East He also served as chaplain at the Embassy of the United States, Rome. He returned to the United States in 1870 became rector of Trinity Church in San Francisco. Lyman [2] was one of the founders of Saint James School in Maryland, which became one of the great Church schools in the United States and from which schools such as St. Paul's, Concord NH, St. Mark's, Southborough, and others were founded. He was elected Assisting Bishop of North Carolina bishop in 1973. He was consecrated on December 11, 1873 by Bishop Thomas Atkinson of North Carolina in Christ Church, Raleigh, North Carolina.

References

1. "Previous Bishops". The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. Archived from the original on April 11, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
2.  Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Lyman, Theodore Benedict". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton. p. 62.
3. "W. W. Lyman". Napa County Biographies. The CAGenWeb Project. Archived from the original on March 25, 2005. Retrieved April 13, 2005.

• The Episcopal Church Annual. New York, NY: Morehouse Publishing. 2005.

External links

• Bibliographic directory on Theodore Benedict Lyman from Project Canterbury