Chauncey Bunce Brewster
Status: Upcoming
(1848-1941) priest, author; born September 5, 1848, in Windham, CT; ordained deacon (1872); assistant rector, Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Meriden, CT (1872-1873); ordained priest (1873); rector, Christ Episcopal Church, Rye, NY (1873-1881); rector, Christ Episcopal Church, Detroit, MI (1881-1885); rector, Grace Episcopal Church, Baltimore, MD (1885-1888); rector, Grace Episcopal Church, Brooklyn Heights, NY (1888-1897); Bishop Coadjutor, Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut (1897-1899); Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut (1899-1928); Bishop Emeritus (1928-1941); wives, Susan Huntington Whitney (1849-1885, married 1873-1885), Alice Tucker Stephenson (1856-1932, married 1893-1932); children, Eli Whitney Brewster (1885-1885), Eleanor Longfellow Brewster (1894-1985); died April 9, 1941, in Hartford, CT. Resident of Hartford and Asylum Hill (98 Woodland Street, 1897-1941). Played prominent role in the creation of Christ Church as a cathedral (1919).
