Robert Codman

Robert Codman (December 30, 1859 - October 7, 1915) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine, serving from 1900 to 1915.

The Right Reverend Robert Codman D.D.
Bishop of Maine
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Maine
In office	1900-1915
Predecessor	Henry A. Neely
Successor	Benjamin Brewster
Orders
Ordination	June 10, 1894 by Charles Chapman Grafton
Consecration	February 24, 1900 by William Woodruff Niles
Personal details
Born	December 30, 1859 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died	October 7, 1915 (aged 55) Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Alma mater	Harvard University

Early years

Codman was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1859 to Robert Codman Sr, a prominent Boston lawyer. Codman's father Robert Sr had Congregationalist ancestry, with his own father, John Codman, serving as a Congregationalist minister. Nonetheless, Robert Codman Sr converted to Anglicanism. By the time of his death he had become a senior warden in the Church of the Advent in Boston, which was also the parish church in which his son Robert Jr, the future bishop, grew up. Codman was educated in public schools and later graduated in Law from Harvard University in 1882.

Ordained ministry

He practiced law for some years however upon the death of his brother, the Reverend Archibald Codman, his thoughts turned to the ordained ministry. He studied in the General Theological Seminary in New York City after which he was ordained deacon in 1893. He was appointed curate of All Saints Church in Ashmont, Boston. In 1894 he was ordained priest by Bishop Charles Chapman Grafton. He became rector of St John's Church in Boston Highlands.

Episcopacy

Codman was elected to succeed Henry A. Neely as Bishop of Maine. He was consecrated bishop on February 24, 1900 in St Luke's Cathedral in Portland. As bishop he altered and expanded the cathedral by adding the Emmanuel chapel which includes the Madonna and Child of John La Farge. He also expanded he Bishop's residence. Codman served as bishop till his death in 1915.[1]

References

1. (1917). The Living Church Annual, p. 65-66. The Young Churchmen Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

• The Living Church Annual, 1916, pp. 65–66.