John A. Paddock

{{Short description|American bishop}}

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| honorific_prefix = The Right Reverend

| name = John A. Paddock

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| title = Missionary Bishop of Olympia

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| see = Olympia

| elected = October 26, 1880

| term = 1880–1894

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| predecessor = Benjamin Wistar Morris

| successor = William Morris Barker

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| ordination = July 22, 1849 (deacon)
April 30, 1850 (priest)

| ordained_by = Thomas Church Brownell

| consecration = December 15, 1880

| consecrated_by = Benjamin B. Smith

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1825|01|19}}

| birth_place = Norwich, Connecticut, United States

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1894|03|04|1825|01|19}}

| death_place = Miramar, California, United States

| buried = Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Washington

| nationality = American

| religion = Anglican

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| parents = Seth B. Paddock & Emily Flagg

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{{married|Frances Chester Fanning|1856|1881|reason=died}}

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John Adams Paddock (January 19, 1825 – March 4, 1894) was the first missionary bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia, serving from 1880 to 1894.

Early life and education

John A. Paddock was born in Norwich, Connecticut, on January 19, 1825, the son of Reverend Seth Birdsey Paddock and Emily Flagg, and brother of Benjamin Henry Paddock who later became Bishop of Massachusetts. He studied at Trinity College, Hartford graduating in 1845, and in 1849 graduated from the General Theological Seminary. {{cite journal |date=1880 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gSDnAAAAMAAJ&dq=John+Adams+Paddock+January+19,+1825&pg=RA10-PA23|title=THE RT. REV. JOHN ADAMS PADDOCK, D.D. |journal=Connecticut Churchman |volume=42|pages=23}}

Ordained Ministry

On July 22, 1849, Paddock was ordained deacon at St Peter's Church, Norwich, Connecticut, by Bishop Thomas Church Brownell of Connecticut. He then briefly served as assistant at the Church of the Epiphany in New York City. On April 30, 1850, he was ordained priest at Christ Church, Stratford, Connecticut, by Bishop Brownell, of which church he also served as rector until 1855. Later he became rector of St Peter's Church in Brooklyn where he remained until 1880.{{cite journal |date=1887 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XZidelH9VlYC&dq=John+Adams+Paddock+January+19,+1825&pg=PA81|title=THE RT. REV. JOHN ADAMS PADDOCK, S.T.D. |journal=Living Church Quarterly |volume=|pages=81}}

Bishop

On October 26, 1880, Paddock was elected Missionary Bishop of the territory of what became Washington state. He was consecrated bishop on December 1, 1880, in St Peter's Church by Presiding Bishop Benjamin B. Smith. In 1892 the territory was divided into two districts, Olympia and Spokane, of which he retained charge of the former.{{cite journal |date=1894 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TD8ZAAAAYAAJ&dq=John+Adams+Paddock+January+19,+1825&pg=RA2-PA382|title=JOHN ADAMS PADDOCK, D.D., FIRST BISHOP OF OLYMPIA|journal=The American Church Almanac and Year Book |volume=|pages=382}} {{cite journal |date=1895 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ar0_AAAAYAAJ&dq=John+Adams+Paddock+January+19,+1825&pg=PA591|title=Paddock, John Adams, clergyman |journal=The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year |volume=|pages=591}}

He died in office on March 4, 1894, in Miramar, California, whilst on a health retreat.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102295184/the-bishop-dead/ |title=The Bishop Dead |newspaper=Tacoma Daily News |location=Santa Barbara, California |page=1 |date=1894-03-05 |access-date=2022-05-21 |via=Newspapers.com}}

==Marriage==

Paddock married Frances Chester Fanning on April 23, 1856.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury08john/page/166/mode/1up |title=The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans |volume=VIII |editor1-first=Rossiter |editor1-last=Johnson |editor2-first=John Howard |editor2-last=Brown |publisher=The Biographical Society |location=Boston |page= |year=1904 |access-date=2022-05-21 |via=Internet Archive}} Fanning became ill while traveling, and died on April 29, 1881. In 1882, Paddock founded the Fannie C. Paddock Memorial Hospital.[https://www.multicare.org/about-multicare/multicare-history/ MultiCare grows to serve the community], at MultiCare.org; retrieved May 7, 2022

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