Background
PADDOCK, Robert Lv Doctor of Divinity was born in Brooklyn. Son of John Adams Paddock, Bishop of the State of Washington, and Fannie Chester Fanning, of Hudson, New New York
PADDOCK, Robert Lv Doctor of Divinity was born in Brooklyn. Son of John Adams Paddock, Bishop of the State of Washington, and Fannie Chester Fanning, of Hudson, New New York
Studied at Saint Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire (United States.). Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut (United States). Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, Connecticut (United States).
Assistant in Saint Paul’s Church, Cleveland, Ohio, and first general travelling secretary of the Church Students’ Missionary Association, 1897-1898. Vicar pro-Cathedral, Stanton Street, and Canon of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, Morningside Heights, New York City, 1898-1901. Rector of the Church of the Holy Apostles, 9th Avenue and 28th Street, New York City, 1902 -7.
Started moral crusade on lower East Side, New York City, in 1899, which led the movement which finally resulted in overthrowing Tammany Hail and bringing in the Reform Government, 1902.
Much interested in getting parks and playgrounds on lower East Side, and especially Chelsea Park, on West Side, and in Police, Public Schools, and Social Settlements. Started Junior Clergy Missionary Association.
Lower West Side Minister’s Association, Chelsea Improvement Society, Chelsea House (a Self-supporting Home for young women). Committee for the advancement of public morality, which 1551 grew into the commission of 15 (appointed by the Chamber of Commerce).
Missionary Bishop of Eastern Oregon since 1907.