Background
BREWSTER, Benjamin was born on November 25, 1860. Son of Reverend Joseph Brewster, rector of Christ Church, New Haven, Connecticut (United States), and Sarah Jane Bunce Brewster.
BREWSTER, Benjamin was born on November 25, 1860. Son of Reverend Joseph Brewster, rector of Christ Church, New Haven, Connecticut (United States), and Sarah Jane Bunce Brewster.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1882. Bachelor of Divinity, General Theological Seminary, New York, 1886. S.T.D., 1909; Doctor of Divinity, Bowdoin College, 1929.
Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Maine, 1937.
Deacon, 1886, priest, 1887, Protestant Episcopal Church. Assistant minister, Calvary Parish, New York, 1886-1891. Vicar Calvary Chapel, 1887-1891.
Rector Church of Holy Communion, S. Orange, New Jersey, 1891-1895, Grace Church, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1895-1906. Dean St. Mark’s Cathedral, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1906-1909. Consecrated missionary bishop of Western Colorado, June 17, 1909.
Bishop of Maine, since 1916. Life member B.P.O.E. Address: Portland, Me.
A little golf, a little fishing.
Married Stella Yates, June 10, 1891 (died 1929).; married second, Mistress. Children: Katrina Mynderse (Mistress Edgar W. Anderson), Benjamin Yates, Josephine Stella (deceased), William, Stella Frances (Mistress Arthur P. Spear, Junior.