Charles B. Colmore Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
Charles B. Colmore
Honorific Suffix:D.D.
Bishop of Puerto Rico
Church:Episcopal Church
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Term:1913–1947
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Predecessor:James H. Van Buren
Successor:Charles F. Boynton
Ordination:1904
Consecration:December 17, 1913
Consecrated By:Daniel S. Tuttle
Birth Date:31 March 1879
Birth Place:Victoria, Tennessee, United States
Buried:Palm Cemetery, Winter Park, Florida
Nationality:American
Parents:Robert Lionel Colmore & Priscilla Diana Addenbrooke
Spouse:Sarah Rogers Palmer
Children:6
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Charles Blayney Colmore (March 31, 1879 - June 28, 1950) was second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Puerto Rico.

Early life and education

Colmore was born on March 31, 1879, in Victoria, Tennessee, the son of Robert Lionel Colmore and Priscilla Diana Addenbrooke. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from in 1898. In 1900 he earned his Master of Arts and in 1903 his Bachelor of Divinity. He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity in 1914.

Ordained ministry

After studies at the University of the South, he was ordained deacon and priest in 1904. He served as rector of the Church of the Messiah in Pulaski, Tennessee till 1905 when he became Dean of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Havana in Cuba, where he remained till 1913.

Bishop

Colmore was elected Bishop of Puerto Rico in 1913 and was consecrated to the episcopate on December 17, 1913, by Presiding Bishop Daniel S. Tuttle. He was also responsible for the Missionary district of the Dominican Republic for some time. He retired in 1947.

Family

Colmore married Sarah Rogers Palmer on November 18, 1903, and together had six children.

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