John Scarborough

John Scarborough (April 21, 1831 – March 14, 1914) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey from 1875 to 1914.

For the English Member of Parliament, see John Scarburgh.
The Right Reverend

John Scarborough

D.D., LL.D.
Bishop of New Jersey
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseNew Jersey
ElectedNovember 12, 1874
In office1875-1914
PredecessorWilliam Henry Odenheimer
SuccessorPaul Matthews
Orders
OrdinationAugust 14, 1858
by Horatio Potter
ConsecrationFebruary 2, 1875
by Horatio Potter
Personal details
Born(1831-04-21)April 21, 1831
Castlewellan County Down, Ireland
DiedMarch 14, 1914(1914-03-14) (aged 82)
Trenton, New Jersey, United States
BuriedRiverview Cemetery (Trenton, New Jersey)
NationalityIrish
DenominationAnglican
SpouseCatherine Elizabeth Trivett
Children5

Biography

Scarborough was born on April 21, 1831 in Castlewellan County Down in Ireland. He and his family emigrated to the United States when he was a child and received his early education at Queensbury, New York. he graduated from Trinity College in Hartford in 1854 after which he attended the General Theological Seminary in New York. He was ordained deacon in Trinity Church on June 28, 1857 by Bishop Horatio Potter. He became assistant in St Paul Church in Troy, New York where he was ordained priest on August 14, 1858. In 1861 he became rector of the [[Church of the Holy Comforter (Poughkeepsie, New York)|Church of the Holy Comforter in Poughkeepsie, New York and in 1867 was made rector of Trinity Church in Pittsburgh. He was consecrated as Bishop of New Jersey at St. Mary's Church, Burlington, on February 2, 1875.[1] He died of pleuro-pneumonia on March 14, 1914.

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References
  1. Obituary in The Living Church, March 21, 1914



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