Thomas Frederick Davis (February 8, 1804 – December 2, 1871) was the fifth Episcopal

Episcopal Church (United States)

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 Bishop of South Carolina

Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina

The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America covering an area of 24 counties in the eastern part of the state of South Carolina. Its see city is Charleston, home to the Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul and Diocesan House. There are...

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Early life

Davis was born in Wilmington, North Carolina

Wilmington, North Carolina

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, the son of Thomas F. Davis and Sarah (Eagles) Davis. His brother, George Davis

George Davis (politician)

George Davis was a Confederate States of America political figure and the last Confederate Attorney General, serving from 1864 to 1865.He was not related to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.-Early life and career:...

 was Attorney General of the Confederate States. Davis graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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 in 1822. He was ordained deacon in 1831, and ordained priest the following year. As deacon, Davis officiated at St. Bartholomew's Church in Pittsboro, North Carolina

Pittsboro, North Carolina

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 and at Calvary Church in Wadesboro, North Carolina

Wadesboro, North Carolina

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. After his ordination to the priesthood, he became rector of St. James Church

St. James Episcopal Church (Wilmington, North Carolina)

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 in Wilmington and later was rector of St. Luke's Church in Salisbury

Salisbury, North Carolina

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. In 1846, he moved to South Carolina to become rector of Grace Church in Camden

Camden, South Carolina

Camden is the fourth oldest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina and is also the county seat of Kershaw County, South Carolina, United States. The population was an estimated 7,103 in 2009...

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Bishop of South Carolina

Davis was elected Bishop of South Carolina in 1853. He was the 57th bishop in the PECUSA, and was consecrated by Bishops Thomas Church Brownell

Thomas Church Brownell

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, John Henry Hopkins

John Henry Hopkins

John Henry Hopkins was the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont and was the eighth Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.-Early life and career:...

, and Benjamin Bosworth Smith

Benjamin Bosworth Smith

Benjamin Bosworth Smith was an American Protestant Episcopal bishop. He was born at Bristol, R. I., and graduated at Brown University in 1816. The following year he was ordained, beginning his ministry at Marblehead, Mass. He held several pastoral charges and was for a time editor of the...

. He served as bishop until his death in 1871.