Background
Paddock, Benjamin Henry was born on February 29, 1828 in Norwich, Connecticut, United States. Son of Review Seth Birdsey and Emily (Flagg) Paddock.
Paddock, Benjamin Henry was born on February 29, 1828 in Norwich, Connecticut, United States. Son of Review Seth Birdsey and Emily (Flagg) Paddock.
Graduate Trinity College, 1848. Graduate General Theological Seminary, New York City, 1852.
Ordained deacon Protestant Episcopal Church, 1852, priest, 1853. Rector Saint Luke’s Church, Portland, Maine, 1853, Trinity Church, Norwich, 1853, Christ Church, Detroit, 1860-1868, Grace Church, Brooklyn, 1869-1873. Bishop of Massachusetts, 1873-1891 (policies resulted in reconciliation of high and low factions in Mass).
Author: The First Century of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Massachusetts, 1885.
Married Caroline Cooke, May 1853. Married second, Anna Sanger, 1863.