William Paret was the 137th bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America and was a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland.
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William Paret was born in New York City on September 23, 1826.[1] His parents were John and Hester Paret. His father was a merchant in that city. His paternal grandfather, Stephen Paret, a Frenchman had come to the United States in 1760.[2] Reared in New York City, he attended grammar school until age 14, at which time he began working as a clerk in a wholesale dry good store.[2] He studied for his orders under the Right Reverend William Heathcote DeLancey.[1][2] While pursuing his education at Hobart College he also taught in Syracuse, New York and at the Academy at Moravia, New York.[2] He received his doctorate of divinity degree from Hobart College in 1867.[1] In 1886 Hobart College awarded him his LL.D.[1]
William Paret was ordained a deacon on July 2, 1852 in Trinity Church, Geneva, New York by Bishop Carlton Chase.[1][3] He received his priest's orders in Grace Church, Rochester, New York on June 38, 1853 from Bishop DeLancey.[1][3]
He was rector of these churches[1][3]:
In 1884 Paret was elected to succeed Bishop William Pinkney as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, following Bishop Pinkney's death in 1883.[1] Paret was consecrated the sixth Bishop of Maryland on January 8, 1885 at the Church of the Epiphany in Washington, D.C.[1][3] In 1895 the Diocese of Maryland was divided to form the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.[1][4] Bishop Paret died of pneumonia January 18, 1911 in Baltimore.[5] He is buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
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| Preceded by William Pinkney |
6th Bishop of Maryland 1884-1911 |
Succeeded by John Gardner Murray |