a Protestant Episcopal bishop, was born at Bristol, R.I., June 13, 1794. He graduated from Providence College (now Brown University) in 1816, was ordained deacon April 27, 1817, and presbyter June 24, 1818. After having a charge at Marblehead for two years, he became rector of St. George's Church, Accomac, Virginia; two years later of Zion's Church, Charlestown, with charge of Trinity Church in Shepherdstown: in 1823 of St. Stephen's Church, Middlebury, Vermont. While there he edited The Episcopal Register. In 1828 he became rector of Grace Church mission, in Philadelphia, and editor of The Episcopal Recorder. In 1832 he was minister of Christ Church, Lexington, Kentucky. On October 30 of the same year he was consecrated first bishop of the diocese of Kentucky from which position he retired in 1880, and spent his remaining days in New York city, where he died, June 1, 1884.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More