Thomas A. Starkey

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The Right Reverend

Thomas Alfred Starkey

S.T.D., D.D.
Bishop of Newark
The Rt. Rev. Thomas Alfred Starkey.jpg
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseNewark
ElectedOctober 28, 1879
In office1880-1903
PredecessorWilliam Henry Odenheimer
SuccessorEdwin Stevens Lines
Orders
OrdinationMay 21, 1848
by Alonzo Potter
ConsecrationJanuary 8, 1880
by Thomas M. Clark
Personal details
Born(1819-03-13)March 13, 1819
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
DiedMay 17, 1903(1903-05-17) (aged 84)
East Orange, New Jersey, United States
BuriedAlbany Rural Cemetery
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
SpouseJulia Rathbone

Thomas Alfred Starkey (March 13, 1819 – May 17, 1903) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark from 1880 to 1903.

Early life and education[]

Starkey was born on March 13, 1819, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was educated as a civil engineer and practiced that profession from 1839 to 1845. On September 3, 1844, he was accepted as a candidate for the priesthood in the Diocese of Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1847. He was awarded a Doctor of Sacred Theology from Hobart College in 1864.

Ordained ministry[]

Starkey was ordained deacon on February 21, 1847, in the Church of the Ascension in Philadelphia and a priest on May 21, 1848, in Trinity Church, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, both by Bishop Alonzo Potter of Pennsylvania. He was assigned a missionary work in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania where he established the Church of the Holy Apostles in St. Clair, Pennsylvania. In 1850 he became rector of Christ Church in Troy, New York and in 1854 rector of St Paul's Church in Albany, New York. In 1858 he became rector of Trinity Church in Cleveland, Ohio and between 1869 and 1872 he served as rector of Epiphany Church in Washington D.C.. In 1877 he transferred to Paterson, New Jersey to become rector of St Paul's Church.

Episcopacy[]

Starkey was elected Bishop of Northern New Jersey in 1879 and was consecrated on January 8, 1880, by Bishop Thomas M. Clark of Rhode Island and future Presiding Bishop. Starkey was consecrated in Grace Church in Newark, New Jersey.[1] In 1888, upon the name change of the diocese, he became the first to hold the title of Bishop of Newark.

References[]

  1. ^ "The Right Rev. Thomas Alfred Starkey, S.T.D.", The Living Church Annual and Clergy-list Quarterly, 1886.

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