Phillips Brooks
Phillips Brooks D.D. | |
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| Bishop of Massachusetts | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Massachusetts |
| Elected | April 30, 1891 |
| Installed | October 14, 1891 |
| Term ended | January 23, 1893 |
| Predecessor | Benjamin Henry Paddock |
| Successor | William Lawrence |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 27, 1860 by Alonzo Potter |
| Consecration | October 14, 1891 by John Williams |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 13, 1835 |
| Died | January 23, 1893 (aged 57) |
| Buried | Mount Auburn Cemetery |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | William Gray Brooks & Mary Ann Phillips |
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| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 23 January |
| Venerated in | Episcopal Church |
Phillips Brooks (December 13, 1835 – January 23, 1893) was an American Episcopal clergyman and author, long the rector of Boston's Trinity Church and briefly Bishop of Massachusetts. One of the most popular preachers of the Gilded Age, he worked to make the Christian Church more relevant to contemporaries. Among his other accomplishments, he wrote the lyrics of the Christmas hymn "O Little Town of Bethlehem".
He is honored on the Episcopal Church liturgical calendar on January 23. In addition to his moral stature, he was a man of great physical height, standing six feet four inches (1.93 m) tall.