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James Madison (Episcopal Bishop)
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The Right Reverend James Madison (August 27, 1749 – March 6, 1812) was the first bishop of the Diocese of Virginia of the Episcopal Church, USA, and served as president of the College of William and Mary.
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Born near Staunton, Virginia, Madison was a cousin of President James Madison. He graduated in 1771 from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and was admitted to the bar, though he did not practice law.
Madison taught philosophy and mathematics at the college from 1773 to 1775, when he went to England to be ordained a priest of the Church of England. In 1777, he was elected president of William and Mary, serving until his death in 1812.
Madison served as chaplain of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1777 and organized his students into a militia company. He presided over the first convention of the Diocese of Virginia in 1785 and was consecrated bishop on September 19, 1790, in Canterbury, England.
He died on March 6, 1812, and was interred in the chapel of the College of William and Mary, where in modern times, Madison Hall is named in his honor, as is the College's secret Bishop James Madison Society, which was founded in 1812 immediately after his death.
- See also: History of Virginia
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1st Bishop of Virginia 1790 – 1812 |
Succeeded by Richard Channing Moore |
| Preceded by Reverend John Camm |
8th President of the College of William and Mary 1777 – 1812 |
Succeeded by Reverend John Bracken |
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