Philander Chase

The Most Reverend Philander Chase
6th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
Church	Episcopal Church
In office	1843–1852
Predecessor	Alexander Viets Griswold
Successor	Thomas Church Brownell
Other post(s)	Bishop of Illinois (1835-1852)
Orders
Ordination	November 10, 1799 by Samuel Provoost
Consecration	February 11, 1819 by William White
Personal details
Born	December 14, 1775 Cornish, Province of New Hampshire, British America
Died	September 20, 1852(1852-09-20) (aged 76) Brimfield, Illinois, United States
Buried	Jubilee College
Parents	Dudley Chase & Alice Corbett
Spouse	Mary Fay (m. 1796; d. 1818) Sophia May Ingraham (m. 1819)
Children	6
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Ohio (1819-1832)
Signature
Sainthood
Feast day	September 22
Venerated in	Episcopal Church

Philander Chase (December 14, 1775 – September 20, 1852) was an Episcopal Church bishop, educator, and pioneer of the United States western frontier, especially in Ohio and Illinois.