Louis Chester Melcher Explained

Louis Chester Melcher (August 3, 1898 - September 21, 1965)^[1] was a missionary bishop from The Episcopal Church to what became the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil, serving there from 1948 to 1958.^[2] He was born in Baraboo, Wisconsin and studied at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and at .^[3] He served as priest in the Panama Canal Zone and in the United States.^[4] He was buried at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Columbia, South Carolina, where he had been the rector.^[5] He had been consecrated there as coadjutor bishop of Southern Brazil on February 5, 1948.^[6]

Notes and References

1. . November 1965 . In Memoriam . The Sewanee News . 31 . 4 . 18 . The Rt. Rev. Louis C. Melcher, '25, died at his home at Pinehurst, North Carolina, September 21, following a prolonged illness..
2. News: Truax . Carlton . January 12, 1961 . These Trinity Men Were Elected Bishops . 1-C . The State . Columbia, S.C. . The Rt. Rev. Lois Chester Melcher was Bishop of Brazil from 1948 to 1958..
3. Web site: RETIRED BISHOP OF BRAZIL DIES . . October 7, 1965 . The Archives of the Episcopal Church . Episcopal Press and News . The Rt. Rev. Louis Chester Melcher, retired Bishop of Central Brazil, died Sept. 21. .
4. . December 7, 1947 . EPISCOPATE:The Rev. Mr. Melcher Accepts . . CXV . 23 . 6.
5. Web site: The North Transept . . Trinity Episcopal Cathedral . 17 September 2019 . Memorial: This window was given by the congregation of Trinity Church to the glory of God and in loving memory of the Right Reverend Louis Chester Melcher, D.D. (1898-1965). The memorial is fitting, for just as St. Paul journeyed to the gentiles as the great apostle, so, too, Bishop Melcher, in 1948, journeyed to Brazil as a missionary bishop. He served as rector at Trinity from 1939-1948 and is buried in the churchyard..
6. . February 15, 1947 . Bishop Melcher Consecrated as Coadjutor of Southern Brazil . . CXVI . 7 . 7.