Benjamin Henry Paddock
{{Short description|American bishop}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| honorific-prefix = The Right Reverend
| name = Benjamin Henry Paddock
| bishop_of = Bishop of Massachusetts
| honorific-suffix = S.T.D.
| image = Benjamin Henry Paddock.jpg
| caption =
| church = Episcopal Church
| diocese = Massachusetts
| see =
| birth_name =
| enthroned =
| ended =
| term = 1873–1891
| predecessor = Manton Eastburn
| successor = Phillips Brooks
| ordination = September 27, 1853
| ordained_by = John Williams
| consecration = September 17, 1873
| consecrated_by = Benjamin B. Smith
| other_post =
| birth_date = February 29, 1828
| birth_place = Norwich, Connecticut, United States
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1891|03|09|1828|02|29}}
| death_place = Boston, Massachusetts, United States
| buried = Yantic Cemetery, Norwich, Connecticut
| religion = Anglican
| nationality = American
| spouse = Caroline Hall Cooke
Anna Louise Sanger
| children = 4
| parents = Seth Birdsey Paddock & Emily Flagg
}}
Benjamin Henry Paddock (February 29, 1828 – March 9, 1891) was the fifth Bishop of Massachusetts in the Episcopal Church.{{cite news | author=| title= The Bishop of Massachusetts | newspaper= The New York Times | url= https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1873/09/18/79047553.pdf | date= September 18, 1873 | access-date= December 10, 2013}}{{cite news |title=Death of Bishop Paddock |url=https://cambridge.dlconsulting.com/cgi-bin/cambridge?a=d&d=Tribune18910314-01&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=21 May 2019 |work=Cambridge Tribune |issue=XIV, no 1 |date=14 March 1891 |page=4}}
Biography
Paddock was born on February 29, 1828, in Norwich, Connecticut, the son of the Reverend Seth Birdsey Paddock who was rector of Trinity Church in Norwich, and Emily Flagg. He studied at Trinity College and graduated in 1848. After graduation, he served as a teacher at the Episcopal Academy of Connecticut for one year. He then enrolled at the General Theological Seminary and graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity in 1852.{{cite journal |date=1967|title= Paddock, Benjamin Henry |journal=Who Was Who in America |pages=244}}
Paddock was ordained deacon on June 29, 1852 by Bishop Thomas Church Brownell of Connecticut in Christ Church, Stamford, Connecticut, and priest on September 27, 1853 by John Williams in Trinity Church, Norwich, Connecticut. Initially, he served as assistant minister at the Church of the Epiphany in New York City. In 1853 he became rector of St Luke’s Church in Portland, Maine. However, after three months he resigned and returned to Norwich, Connecticut, to serve as rector of Trinity Church. In 1860, he became rector of Christ Church Detroit, and in 1869 became rector of Grace Church in Brooklyn, New York City.{{cite journal |date=1886 |title=The Rt. Rev. Benjamin Henry Paddock, S.T.D.|journal=The Living Church Annual and Clergy-list Quarterly |pages=71}}
In 1873, Paddock was elected Bishop of Massachusetts and was consecrated on September 17, 1873 by Presiding Bishop Benjamin B. Smith. He retained the post till his death in 1891.
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Category:Religious leaders from Norwich, Connecticut
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