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SPALDING, John Franklin, P. E. bishop, born in Belgrade, Maine, 25 August, 1828. He was graduated at Bowdoin in 1853, and at the Episcopal general theological seminary, New York city, in 1857, and was ordained deacon in Portland, Maine, 8 July, 1857, by Bishop Burgess, and priest, in Gardiner, Maine, 14 July, 1858, by the same bishop. He did missionary duty in Old Town, Maine, for two years, was rector of St. George's church, Lee, Massachusetts, in 1859-'60 assistant minister in Grace church, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1860-'1, officiated for a short time in St. John's church, Providence, and in April, 1862, became rector of St. Paul's church, Erie, Pennsylvania This post he held for nearly twelve years. Having been elected missionary bishop of Colorado, with jurisdiction in the territory of Wyoming, he was consecrated in St. Paul's church, Erie, 31 December, 1873. Trinity gave him the degree of D. D. in 1874. Bishop Spalding is author of " A Devotional Manual," several tracts, and numerous occasional sermons and addresses. His latest publication is entitled " The Church and its Apostolic Ministry," a course of lectures delivered in St. Mark's church, Denver, in January, 1887 (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1887).
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