The Right Reverend Charles Chapman Grafton was the second Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
He graduated from Harvard in 1853 with a degree in Law; and afterword found himself gravitated toward the ordained ministry. Grafton studied theology under the tutelage of the Rt. Rev. William Whittingham, Bishop of Maryland.
He was ordained a Deacon on 23 December, 1855, and Priest on 30 May 1858, via the hands of the Rt. Rev. William Rollinson Whittingham, Bishop of Maryland.
He was, in 1866, along with Father Richard Meux Benson and Simeon Wilberforce O'Neill, a founding member of the Anglican Church's Society of Saint John the Evangelist (SSJE); also known as the "Cowley Fathers". This was the first religious order of men in the Anglican Communion since the Reformation.
He served a term as the Master of the American Province of the Society.
In 1872 he became Rector of the Church of the Advent in Boston, bringing with him several priests of his Order, and founding the Mission House in Boston.
In 1882 he was a co-founder of the Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity, along with the Rev. Mother Ruth Margaret Vose.
He also founded the Benedictine Monastery of St. John Baptist in Fond du Lac, and was it's Abbot, with Brother Francis serving as it's Prior.
He was also instrumental in organizing the American Congregation of the Order of St. Benedict in the Old Catholic Church.
He was elected to the See of Fond du Lac on 13 Nov 1888, and later consecrated the second Bishop of Fond du Lac, 25 Apr 1889, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul the Apostle.
Blessed Charles Grafton is commemorated in the official calendar of the Episcopal Church; his feast day being August 30, the date of his repose.
His white marble and red porphyry sarcophagus is located within the Cathedral Church of St. Paul the Apostle; It can be found off the right aisle, between the Chapel of St. Michael and the Chapel of St. Joseph.
He graduated from Harvard in 1853 with a degree in Law; and afterword found himself gravitated toward the ordained ministry. Grafton studied theology under the tutelage of the Rt. Rev. William Whittingham, Bishop of Maryland.
He was ordained a Deacon on 23 December, 1855, and Priest on 30 May 1858, via the hands of the Rt. Rev. William Rollinson Whittingham, Bishop of Maryland.
He was, in 1866, along with Father Richard Meux Benson and Simeon Wilberforce O'Neill, a founding member of the Anglican Church's Society of Saint John the Evangelist (SSJE); also known as the "Cowley Fathers". This was the first religious order of men in the Anglican Communion since the Reformation.
He served a term as the Master of the American Province of the Society.
In 1872 he became Rector of the Church of the Advent in Boston, bringing with him several priests of his Order, and founding the Mission House in Boston.
In 1882 he was a co-founder of the Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity, along with the Rev. Mother Ruth Margaret Vose.
He also founded the Benedictine Monastery of St. John Baptist in Fond du Lac, and was it's Abbot, with Brother Francis serving as it's Prior.
He was also instrumental in organizing the American Congregation of the Order of St. Benedict in the Old Catholic Church.
He was elected to the See of Fond du Lac on 13 Nov 1888, and later consecrated the second Bishop of Fond du Lac, 25 Apr 1889, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul the Apostle.
Blessed Charles Grafton is commemorated in the official calendar of the Episcopal Church; his feast day being August 30, the date of his repose.
His white marble and red porphyry sarcophagus is located within the Cathedral Church of St. Paul the Apostle; It can be found off the right aisle, between the Chapel of St. Michael and the Chapel of St. Joseph.
The Right Reverend Charles Chapman Grafton was the second Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
He graduated from Harvard in 1853 with a degree in Law; and afterword found himself gravitated toward the ordained ministry. Grafton studied theology under the tutelage of the Rt. Rev. William Whittingham, Bishop of Maryland.
He was ordained a Deacon on 23 December, 1855, and Priest on 30 May 1858, via the hands of the Rt. Rev. William Rollinson Whittingham, Bishop of Maryland.
He was, in 1866, along with Father Richard Meux Benson and Simeon Wilberforce O'Neill, a founding member of the Anglican Church's Society of Saint John the Evangelist (SSJE); also known as the "Cowley Fathers". This was the first religious order of men in the Anglican Communion since the Reformation.
He served a term as the Master of the American Province of the Society.
In 1872 he became Rector of the Church of the Advent in Boston, bringing with him several priests of his Order, and founding the Mission House in Boston.
In 1882 he was a co-founder of the Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity, along with the Rev. Mother Ruth Margaret Vose.
He also founded the Benedictine Monastery of St. John Baptist in Fond du Lac, and was it's Abbot, with Brother Francis serving as it's Prior.
He was also instrumental in organizing the American Congregation of the Order of St. Benedict in the Old Catholic Church.
He was elected to the See of Fond du Lac on 13 Nov 1888, and later consecrated the second Bishop of Fond du Lac, 25 Apr 1889, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul the Apostle.
Blessed Charles Grafton is commemorated in the official calendar of the Episcopal Church; his feast day being August 30, the date of his repose.
His white marble and red porphyry sarcophagus is located within the Cathedral Church of St. Paul the Apostle; It can be found off the right aisle, between the Chapel of St. Michael and the Chapel of St. Joseph.
He graduated from Harvard in 1853 with a degree in Law; and afterword found himself gravitated toward the ordained ministry. Grafton studied theology under the tutelage of the Rt. Rev. William Whittingham, Bishop of Maryland.
He was ordained a Deacon on 23 December, 1855, and Priest on 30 May 1858, via the hands of the Rt. Rev. William Rollinson Whittingham, Bishop of Maryland.
He was, in 1866, along with Father Richard Meux Benson and Simeon Wilberforce O'Neill, a founding member of the Anglican Church's Society of Saint John the Evangelist (SSJE); also known as the "Cowley Fathers". This was the first religious order of men in the Anglican Communion since the Reformation.
He served a term as the Master of the American Province of the Society.
In 1872 he became Rector of the Church of the Advent in Boston, bringing with him several priests of his Order, and founding the Mission House in Boston.
In 1882 he was a co-founder of the Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity, along with the Rev. Mother Ruth Margaret Vose.
He also founded the Benedictine Monastery of St. John Baptist in Fond du Lac, and was it's Abbot, with Brother Francis serving as it's Prior.
He was also instrumental in organizing the American Congregation of the Order of St. Benedict in the Old Catholic Church.
He was elected to the See of Fond du Lac on 13 Nov 1888, and later consecrated the second Bishop of Fond du Lac, 25 Apr 1889, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul the Apostle.
Blessed Charles Grafton is commemorated in the official calendar of the Episcopal Church; his feast day being August 30, the date of his repose.
His white marble and red porphyry sarcophagus is located within the Cathedral Church of St. Paul the Apostle; It can be found off the right aisle, between the Chapel of St. Michael and the Chapel of St. Joseph.
