The Right Reverend Christopher Edwards Gadsden D.D. | |
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Bishop of South Carolina | |
![]() Portrait of Rev. Christopher Edwards Gadsden by Charles Fraser (1819) | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | South Carolina |
Elected | January 1840 |
In office | 1840–1852 |
Predecessor | Nathaniel Bowen |
Successor | Thomas F. Davis |
Orders | |
Ordination | April 14, 1810 by James Madison |
Consecration | June 21, 1840 by Alexander Viets Griswold |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | June 24, 1852 Charleston, South Carolina, United States | (aged 66)
Buried | St. Philip's Episcopal Church (Charleston, South Carolina) |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Philip Gadsden & Catherine Edwards |
Spouse | Eliza Allston Bowman (m. 1816; d. 1826) Jane Dewes (m. 1830) |
Children | 8 |
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Christopher Edwards Gadsden (November 25, 1785 – June 24, 1852) was the fourth Episcopal Bishop of South Carolina.
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