Richard Channing Moore

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Moore was born in Manhattan. His classical education at King's College began at age eight, but was interrupted when his family moved to West Point, New York during the American Revolutionary War. After an experiment with life at sea, he began at age 16 to study medicine under Richard Bayley in New York; he practiced medicine until 1787.{{cite book|accessdate=2011-05-22|url=https://archive.org/details/rightreverendric00good|title=Richard Chaning Moore, D.D., Second Bishop of Virginia, and The Beginnings of the Theological Seminary in Virginia|first=William Archer Rutherfoord|last=Goodwin|authorlink=W. A. R. Goodwin|publisher=Virginia Theological Seminary Alumni Association|date=June 4, 1914}}"Richard Channing Moore." Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Gale Biography in Context; accessed 2011-05-22 [http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=BIC1&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CBT2310007218&mode=view&userGroupName=fairfax_main&jsid=28d94d5cb3fad467191be7f50b1b1def Gale Document Number: GALE|BT2310007218].

Moore married Christian Jones (1769 - April 20, 1796) of New York in 1784, who bore him five children. After her death he married Sarah Mersereau of Staten Island on March 23, 1797, who bore him six more before dying in August 1824. Bishop Samuel Provoost ordained him to the diaconate in July, 1787, at St. George's Church. In September 1787 he was admitted to the priesthood. He was rector of Grace Church in Rye, New York, until 1788. He then served as rector of St. Andrew's, Staten Island (1789–1809), St. Stephen's, New York (1809–1814), and Monumental Church, Richmond, Virginia, from October 1814 until November 1841. St. Stephens had about thirty families when he arrived, and more than four hundred communicants when he resigned.{{cite web|last1=Hall|first1=Charles C.|title=Early Life of Richard Channing Moore|url=http://www.historichampshire.org/moore/early.htm|website=historichampshire.org|accessdate=13 February 2017}}

Moore was a delegate to the May, 1808, General Convention where he served on a committee that added to the hymnal He was president of the Virginia branch of the American Bible Society. He led the diocese during the formation of the Virginia Theological Seminary.

Moore was elected bishop of the Diocese of Virginia, succeeding James Madison, and consecrated May 18, 1814, in St. James's Church, Philadelphia. Richard Channing Moore was the 14th bishop consecrated in the Episcopal Church. The Diocese of Virginia was extremely weak when Moore became bishop. During his tenure it strengthened greatly, with a major increase in clergy and membership.

Moore died in Lynchburg, Virginia while visiting parishes in the diocese, and is buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

• The Most Reverend William White, fourth presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church
• The Right Reverend John Henry Hobart, third bishop of New York
• The Right Reverend Alexander Viets Griswold, bishop of the Eastern Diocese

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• {{cite book |authorlink=John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw |first=John Prentiss Kewley |last=Henshaw |title=Memoir of the Life of the Rt. Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D. D., Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia |url=https://archive.org/details/memoiroflifeofrt00hens |location=Philadelphia |publisher=W. Stavely |year=1842}}
• {{cite book |last=Moore |first=Richard Channing |title=A Sermon Delivered in Trinity Church on the 11th Day of October, before the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of New-York |location=New-York |publisher=T. and J. Swords |year=1791}}
• {{cite book |title=The doctrines of the church. A sermon preached in St. James's church, Philadelphia, at the opening of the General convention of the Protestant Episcopal church, Wednesday, May 17, 1820 |location=Philadelphia |publisher=William Fry, printer |year=1820 |last=Moore |first=Richard Channing |lccn=25022632}}
• {{cite book |last=Moore |first=Richard Channing |title=Bishop Moore's Address at the Laying of the Corner-stone of the Church of the Epiphany, August 26, 1833 |location=New York |publisher=Protestant Episcopal Press |year=1834}}

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