Thomas A. Starkey
American bishop
Thomas Alfred Starkey (March 13, 1819 – May 17, 1903) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark from 1880 to 1903.
Early life and education
Starkey was born on March 13, 1819, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was educated as a civil engineer and practiced that profession from 1839 to 1845. On September 3, 1844, he was accepted as a candidate for the priesthood in the Diocese of Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1847. He was awarded a Doctor of Sacred Theology from Hobart College in 1864.
Ordained ministry
Starkey was ordained deacon on February 21, 1847, in the Church of the Ascension in Philadelphia and a priest on May 21, 1848, in Trinity Church, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, both by Bishop Alonzo Potter of Pennsylvania. He was assigned a missionary work in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, where he established the Church of the Holy Apostles in St. Clair, Pennsylvania. In 1850 he became rector of Christ Church in Troy, New York, and in 1854 rector of St Paul's Church in Albany, New York.
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