Samuel Smith Harris

Right Reverend
Samuel Smith Harris
II Bishop of Michigan
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese Michigan
Predecessor Samuel A. McCoskry
Successor Thomas Frederick Davies, Sr.
Orders
Consecration Sept. 17, 1879
Personal details
Born (1841-09-14)September 14, 1841
Autauga County, Alabama
Died August 21, 1888(1888-08-21) (aged 46)
London

Samuel Smith Harris (September 14, 1841 - August 21, 1888) was the second bishop of the Diocese of Michigan in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. He served as the first editor of The Living Church and wrote several books, including The Dignity of Man, Christianity and Civil Society, Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality, and Shelton, a novel.[1]

References

  1. Herringshaw, Thomas William, ed. (1902). Accurate and Succinct Biographies of Famous Men and Women in All Walks of Life. Chicago: American Publishers Association.

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Episcopal Church (USA) titles
Preceded by
Samuel A. McCoskry
2nd Bishop of Michigan
1879 1888
Succeeded by
Thomas Frederick Davies, Sr.


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