Philander Chase

Philander Chase (born Dec. 14, 1775, Cornish, N.H.—died Sept. 20, 1852, near Peoria, Ill., U.S.) was a U.S. clergyman and bishop in the Protestant Episcopal Church, educator, and founder of Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. Ordained a priest in 1799, Chase served several parishes in New York State, New Orleans, and Hartford, Conn., prior to his consecration as bishop for the new Ohio diocese in 1819. Because he felt the needs of the frontier West could...