Thomas John Claggett

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Thomas John Claggett (1743-1816), was the first bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America to be consecrated on American soil and the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland.

Thomas Claggett, was born October 16, 1743, near Nottingham, Maryland and graduated from Princeton University in 1764. According to his epitaph, he was ordained a deacon in 1762. He was consecrated the first bishop of Maryland in 1792 at Trinity Church, New York. He was named chaplain of the United States Senate in 1800. He founded Trinity Episcopal Church in Upper Marlboro, Maryland in 1810 and consecrated Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia, on January 9, 1814.^[1]

Bishop Claggett died August 4, 1816; his remains were moved in 1898 to Washington National Cathedral, where a wood carving of his consecration was put on the bishop's stall. There is a marker at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Croom, Maryland.^[2] Many of his papers are housed at the Diocese of Maryland's archives.^[3]

1 Consecrators:
2 See also
3 External links
4 Notes

[edit] Consecrators:

Samuel Provoost, third presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church and first bishop of New York
Samuel Seabury, second presiding bishop and first bishop of Connecticut
William White, first and fourth presiding bishop and first bishop of Pennsylvania

Thomas J. Claggett was the 5th bishop consecrated for the Episcopal Church.

Preceded by (none)	1st Bishop of Maryland 1792 – 1816	Succeeded by James Kemp

[edit] See also

Succession of Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States
Utley, George B[urwell]. (1876-1946). The Life and Times of Thomas John Claggett, First Bishop of Maryland and the First Bishop Consecrated in America (Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 1913)