Cyrus F. Knight

Cyrus Frederick Knight (March 28, 1831 – June 8, 1891) was the fourth Bishop of Milwaukee from 1889 till 1891.

The Right Reverend

Cyrus Frederick Knight

D.D., D.C.L., LL.D.
Bishop of Milwaukee
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseMilwaukee
ElectedDecember 12, 1888
In office1889-1891
PredecessorEdward R. Welles
SuccessorIsaac Lea Nicholson
Orders
Ordination1855
by Alonzo Potter
ConsecrationMarch 26, 1889
by William Edward McLaren
Personal details
Birth nameCyrus Frederic Smith
Born(1831-03-28)March 28, 1831
Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States
DiedJune 8, 1891(1891-06-08) (aged 60)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
BuriedForest Home Cemetery
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsCyrus Smith & Lucy Woodbury Prince
SpouseElizabeth Pickering Nichols

Early Life and Education

Cyrus Frederic Smith was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts on March 28, 1831, the son of Cyrus Smith and Lucy Woodbury Prince. He changed his name from Cyrus Frederic Smith to Cyrus Frederick Knight on May 2, 1854 upon petition in Probate Court, Groton, Massachusetts. He was educated at Burlington College in New Jersey and then at Harvard University. He also graduated from the General Theological Seminary in 1854.[1]

Ordained Ministry

Knight was ordained deacon on July 2, 1854 in Trinity Church, New York City, by the Bishop of New York Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, and became assistant at St Luke's Church in Germantown, Philadelphia. He was ordained priest in 1855 by Bishop Alonzo Potter of Pennsylvania. He then travelled to England, attending several courses of lectures at the University of Oxford.[2]

He served as rector of St Mark's Church in Boston from 1857 till 1867, and then as rector of St James' Church in Hartford, Connecticut between 1867 and 1877. In 1878, he became rector of St James's Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a post he retained till 1889.[3][4]

Episcopacy

On December 12, 1888, Knight was elected as the forth Bishop of Milwaukee, and was consecrated as bishop on March 26, 1889 by the Bishop of Chicago William Edward McLaren. Knight's primary consecrators were:

He died two years later on June 8, 1891.

References
  1. "Knight, Cyrus Frederick". Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events: 634. 1892.
  2. "Knight, Cyrus Frederick". The Pickering Genealogy: 654. 1897.
  3. "Knight, Cyrus Frederick". The International Cyclopaedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge. 8: 540. 1900.
  4. "Knight, Cyrus Frederick". Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: 438. 1914.


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