Samuel Cook Edsall

Samuel Cook Edsall (February 15, 1860 – February 17, 1917) was a bishop of North Dakota and Minnesota in The Episcopal Church.

The Rt. Rev. Samuel Cook Edsall
II Bishop of Minnesota
1899 photo of Samuel Cook Edsall with his signature
ChurchThe Episcopal Church
DioceseEpiscopal Diocese of Minnesota
PredecessorHenry Benjamin Whipple
SuccessorFrank Arthur McElwain
Orders
ConsecrationJanuary 25, 1899
Personal details
BornFebruary 15, 1860
Dixon, Illinois
DiedFebruary 17, 1917
Rochester, Minnesota[1]

The son of James K. Edsall, Illinois Attorney General, Edsall graduated from Racine College, and after admission to the bar, initially followed his father's career, practicing law in Chicago.

However, Edsall became increasingly drawn to spiritual matters. He attended Western Theological Seminary, was ordained deacon in 1888, and priest in 1889. He served as rector of St. Peter's church in Chicago for a decade.

The 1898 General Convention chose Edsall as the Missionary Bishop of North Dakota and he was consecrated in Chicago on January 25, 1899.[2]

In 1901, he became bishop of Minnesota upon the death of bishop Henry Whipple. He then moved to Minneapolis and made it the new headquarters of the Diocese of Minnesota.[3] He served 16 years, dying in office and succeeded by his suffragan, Frank McElwain.

  1. The Living Church Annual and Churchman's Almanac. Milwaukee: Morehouse Publishing. 1918. p. 80.
  2. The Living Church Annual and Churchman's Almanac. Morehouse Publishing. 1917. p. 74.
  3. "Episcopal Church. Diocese of Minnesota". Social Networks and Archival Context. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
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