William Edmond Armitage

William Edmond Armitage (September 6, 1830 – December 7, 1873) was a bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

The Right Reverend William Edmond Armitage
Bishop of Wisconsin
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Wisconsin
Elected	June 7, 1866
In office	1870-1873
Predecessor	Jackson Kemper
Successor	Edward R. Welles
Orders
Ordination	September 27, 1854 by George Burgess
Consecration	December 6, 1866 by Jackson Kemper
Personal details
Born	September 6, 1830 New York City, New York, United States
Died	December 7, 1873 (aged 43) New York City, New York, United States
Buried	Elmwood Cemetery
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Charlotte Louisa Lambard
Children	3
Previous post	Assistant Bishop of Wisconsin (1866-1870)
Alma mater	Columbia University

Born in New York City, Armitage graduated from Columbia College in 1849 and the General Theological Seminary in 1852. He was ordained deacon at the Church of the Transfiguration, New York. on June 27, 1852. by Bishop Carleton Chase and priest at St. Mark's, Augusta, Maine on September 27, 1854 by Bishop George Burgess.

Armitage's first ministry position was as assistant at St. John's Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He was then called to St. Mark's Augusta, Maine, until called to be rector of St. John's Detroit, Michigan, where he was when elected to the episcopate. He received his doctorate in divinity from Columbia College in 1866.

Armitage was consecrated at St. John's Detroit on December 6, 1866, by bishops Kemper, McCoskry, H. W. Lee, Whipple, J. C. Talbot, Coxe, Clarkson, Kerfoot, and Cummins, together with Bishop Cronyn, the Bishop of Huron, Canada. He was coadjutor bishop to Jackson Kemper (1866–1870) and on the death of Kemper served as the second Bishop of Wisconsin (1870–1873).

Armitage died at St. Luke's Hospital in New York on December 7, 1873, and his remains are buried in Detroit, Michigan, at Elmwood Cemetery.

External links

• Documents by W. E. Armitage from Project Canterbury