Religious leader. The brother of Senator Dudley Chase and uncle of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, he graduated from Dartmouth in 1795. Chase decided on a career in the Episcopal church, studied privately with a priest, and received his ordination in 1799. From 1799 to 1817 he served as a priest in Poughkeepsie, New Orleans and Hartford. In 1817 Chase relocated to Ohio and in 1818 he was appointed Ohio's first Episcopal Bishop. In 1821 he became President of Cincinnati College. Since there was only one Episcopal seminary in America, Chase decided to create one that would develop priests for the newly-settled frontier, and in 1824 founded and became first President of Kenyon College. Chase left Kenyon and his position as Bishop in 1831. In 1835, Episcopals in new towns west of Ohio formed a diocese and elected him its head, making him the first Bishop of Illinois. Chase accepted and moved to Peoria, where he founded and served as President of Jubilee College, modeled on his success at Kenyon. From 1843 until his death Chase was Presiding Bishop, the head of the US Episcopal church.
Religious leader. The brother of Senator Dudley Chase and uncle of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, he graduated from Dartmouth in 1795. Chase decided on a career in the Episcopal church, studied privately with a priest, and received his ordination in 1799. From 1799 to 1817 he served as a priest in Poughkeepsie, New Orleans and Hartford. In 1817 Chase relocated to Ohio and in 1818 he was appointed Ohio's first Episcopal Bishop. In 1821 he became President of Cincinnati College. Since there was only one Episcopal seminary in America, Chase decided to create one that would develop priests for the newly-settled frontier, and in 1824 founded and became first President of Kenyon College. Chase left Kenyon and his position as Bishop in 1831. In 1835, Episcopals in new towns west of Ohio formed a diocese and elected him its head, making him the first Bishop of Illinois. Chase accepted and moved to Peoria, where he founded and served as President of Jubilee College, modeled on his success at Kenyon. From 1843 until his death Chase was Presiding Bishop, the head of the US Episcopal church.
Bio by: Bill McKern
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