Religion: The Oldest Bishop

The Right Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, Presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, the Senior Anglican Bishop in point of service in the world, died at his home in St. Louis. Eighty-six years old, he had been 60 years a priest and 55 years a bishop.

He was born in New York State, of Methodist parents, was educated at Columbia, and at the close of the Civil War was consecrated Missionary Bishop (Episcopal) of Montana, Utah and Idaho, whither he went to live in a log cabin. He declined...

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