| Samuel Parker | |
| Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
| Honorific-Suffix: | D.D. |
| Church: | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese: | Massachusetts |
| Elected: | 1804 |
| Term: | 1804 |
| Predecessor: | Edward Bass |
| Successor: | Alexander Viets Griswold |
| Ordination: | February 27, 1774 |
| Ordained By: | Richard Terrick |
| Consecration: | September 14, 1804 |
| Birth Date: | 17 August 1744 |
| Bishop of Massachusetts | |
| Occupation: | Episcopal bishop |
| Alma Mater: | Harvard |
| Spouse: | Anne Parker |
| Parents: | William Parker Elizabeth Parker |
| Nationality: | American |
| Children: | 15 |
Samuel Parker (August 17, 1744 – December 6, 1804) was an American Episcopal Bishop. He was the second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
Parker was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the son of William Parker, a lawyer and judge during the American Revolution.[1] He graduated from Harvard University in 1764, and taught for several years.
After being offered a job as assistant rector of Trinity Church, Boston, Parker was ordained deacon on February 24, 1774 and priest three days later on February 27, in London. He began as assistant rector at Trinity in November 1774, becoming rector in 1779. After the Revolution, he helped build churches with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.
In 1803, Parker was unanimously elected second bishop of Massachusetts. He was consecrated September 14, 1804, in Trinity Church, New York, but developed gout and never served in the post. He died in Boston on December 6, 1804.
Parker was the tenth bishop consecrated in the Episcopal Church.
Parker's sons included Suffolk County district attorney Samuel Dunn Parker, acting Mayor of Boston William Parker, businessman John Rowe Parker, and educator Richard Green Parker.[2]