LibGuides: Episcopal Clergy Biographical Research Guide: Pre-1900

Pre - 1900

American Episcopal clergy ; registers of ordinations in the Episcopal Church in the United States from 1785 through 1904, with indexes. by Cameron, Kenneth Walter, 1908-2006.
Call Number: REF BX 5965 .C182
Publication Date: 1970
4-part listing of ordinations.
A list of ordinations of deacons and priests by the bishops of Virginia, 1791-1900 : including also those persons ordained by bishops in America for Virginia, 1785-1791 by Brydon, G. MacLaren (George MacLaren), 1875-1963.
Call Number: REF BX 5917 .V8 B9
Listing of ordinations.
Appleton's cyclopædia of America biography.
Publication Date: 1889
(Availably digitally via HathiTrust) This 6-vol encyclopedia contains brief biographies of prominent Americans, including many Episcopal clergy.
Annals of the American pulpit ; or, Commemorative notices of distinguished American clergymen of various denominations, from the early settlement of the country to the close of the year eighteen hundred and fifty-five by Sprague, William B. (William Buell), 1795-1876.
Call Number: REF BR 569 .S7 v.5
Publication Date: 1857-69
(also available as an eBook via HathiTrust). This book contains sermons written by prominent clergy in the Episcopal Church (vol. 5), and other notes of historical interest relating to these clergy. Check the index in the back for your figure.
Episcopal Church Annual "Red Book" by Church Publishing
Call Number: REF BX 5830 .E64
Publication Date: 1848-present
The Episcopal Church Annual "Red Book" (formerly "Almanac") contains an alphabetical list of clergy in the back. This publication, now annual, goes back to 1848.