Background
Gardiner, Theodore Momolu was born on January 30, 1870 in Dearlah, Cape Mount, Liberia. Son of Momolu Fiker and Guarnyar (Tarweh) Gardiner.
Gardiner, Theodore Momolu was born on January 30, 1870 in Dearlah, Cape Mount, Liberia. Son of Momolu Fiker and Guarnyar (Tarweh) Gardiner.
Graduate Cuttington Collegiate and Divinity School, Cape Palmas, Liberia, 1892. Bachelor of Divinity, Liberia College, 1912, Doctor of Divinity, 1916.
Dean, 1896, priest, 1906, Protestant Episcopal Church. Was professor of history and assistant tutor in theology, Cuttington College and Division School. Rector Mount Vaughan Church, Cape Palmas, 1902-1913.
Served as assistant curate Saint Mark’s Church, Harper, Cape Palmas.
1896-1905, and as assistant secretary and secretary General Convention Missionary District of Liberia, 1905-1913. Consecrated suffragan bishop of Liberia, at Church of the Incarnation, New York City, June 23, 1921.
President Council of Advice, 1911-1921, District of Liberia.
Married Mission F. R. Neal, May 3, 1897. Married second, Danielette F. Wilson, May 13, 1903.