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Nationality
  
Irish-American

Denomination
  
Episcopal church


Name
  
Alexander Garrett

Alexander Charles Garrett

Occupation
  
Priest, missionary, and bishop

Alma mater
  
Trinity College, Dublin

Died
  
February 18, 1924, Dallas, Texas, United States

Education
  
Trinity College, Dublin

Alexander Charles Garrett (born, Ireland, 1832—died, Dallas, Texas, February 18, 1924) was an American Episcopal bishop, born in Ireland. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1855, was curate of East Worldham, Hampshire, England (1856–59), and until 1869 served as a missionary in British Columbia. In 1870 he became rector of St. James's Church, San Francisco, and in 1872 dean of Trinity Cathedral, Omaha. In 1874 he was appointed Missionary Bishop of northern Texas and retained the seat after the formation of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas on December 20, 1895.

He wrote:

  • A Charge to the Clergy and Laity of North Texas (1875)
  • Historical Continuity (1875)
  • Baldwin Lectures on the Philosophy of the Incarnation
  • On the death of Daniel Sylvester Tuttle in April 1923, Garrett became presiding bishop. At that time he was 91 years old and totally blind. He remained Bishop of Dallas and Presiding Bishop until his death in 1924.

    References

    Alexander Charles Garrett Wikipedia