Manton Eastburn

The Right Reverend Manton Eastburn D.D.
Bishop of Massachusetts
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Massachusetts
In office	1843-1872
Predecessor	Alexander Viets Griswold
Successor	Benjamin Henry Paddock
Orders
Ordination	November 13, 1825 by John Henry Hobart
Consecration	December 29, 1842 by Alexander Viets Griswold
Personal details
Born	2 February 1801 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Died	11 September 1872 (aged 71) Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Buried	Mount Auburn Cemetery
Nationality	English
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	James Eastburn & Charlotte Browne
Spouse	Mary Glover (d. 1855) Mary Jean Head
Previous post(s)	Coadjutor Bishop of Massachusetts (1842-1843)
Alma mater	Columbia University

Manton Eastburn (1801 in Leeds, England – 1872) was an Episcopal bishop who served as the fourth Bishop of Massachusetts from 1843 till 1872.

Biography[]

After graduation from Columbia University, he studied at the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church in the United States before ordination as deacon on May 17, 1822 and priest on November 13, 1825 by Bishop John Henry Hobart of the Diocese of New York. After serving at Christ Church, New York, New York, he became rector of the Church of the Ascension, New York. On December 29, 1842, he was consecrated as assistant Bishop of Massachusetts; he served as diocesan bishop on the death of Alexander Viets Griswold from 1843 until his death.

Eastburn attended the first Lambeth Conference in 1867 and was associated with the evangelical school of Episcopalian churchmanship. His tenure as diocesan bishop was marked by considerable conflict over Tractarianism both locally and nationally, particularly at the Church of the Advent in Boston.

References[]

• A Sketch-book of the American Episcopate, by Hermon Griswold Batterson
• Correspondence between the Right Reverend the Bishop of Massachusetts and the Rectors of the Parish of the Advent Boston, A.D. 1845 to A.D. 1856.

External links[]

• Documents by Manton Eastburn from Project Canterbury
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/5416021040/