Background
Brownell, Thomas Church was born on October 19, 1779 in Westport, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Sylvester and Nancy (Church) Brownell.
Brownell, Thomas Church was born on October 19, 1779 in Westport, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Sylvester and Nancy (Church) Brownell.
Attended College of Rhode Island (now Brown U.), 1800-1802. Graduate Union College 1804.
He studied at Union College, Schenectady, New York, receiving his degree in 1804. He was ordained to the diaconate and priesthood by Bishop John Henry Hobart. He was consecrated Bishop of Connecticut in New Haven on October 27, 1819.
Brownell"s extensive writings include diocesan charges, liturgical material, scriptural commentaries and other works.
He founded Trinity College, Hartford, where a bronze statue of him now stands.
Married Charlotte Dickinson, August 1811.