William Meade (November 11, 1789 - March 14, 1862), was a United States Episcopal bishop. November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Washington DC is the National Cathedral of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. ... A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ...

The son of Richard Kidder Meade (1746-1805), one of George Washington's aides during the War of Independence, he was born near Millwood, in what is now Clarke County, Virginia. He graduated as valedictorian in 1808 at the college of New Jersey (Princeton University); studied theology under the Rev. Walter Addison of Maryland, and at Princeton; was ordained deacon in 1811 and priest in 1814; and preached both in the Stone Chapel, Millwood, and in Christ Church, Alexandria, for some time. He became assistant Bishop of Virginia in 1829; was rector of Christ Church, Norfolk, in 1834-1836; in 1841 became Bishop of Virginia; and in 1842-1862 was president of the Virginia Theological Seminary in Virginia, near Alexandria, delivering an annual course of lectures on pastoral theology. This article is the current U.S. Collaboration of the Week. ... Combatants American Revolutionaries, France, Netherlands, Spain, Native Americans Great Britain, German mercenaries, Loyalists, Native Americans Commanders George Washington, Comte de Rochambeau, Nathanael Greene William Howe, Henry Clinton, Charles Cornwallis (more commanders) The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence,[1] was a conflict that... Location in the state of Virginia Formed 1836 Seat Berryville Area  - Total  - Water 462 km² (178 mi²) 4 km² (2 mi²) 0. ... In the United States and Canada, the title of valedictorian (an anglicized derivation from the Latin vale dicere to say farewell) is given to the top graduate of the graduating class (compare dux) of an educational institution. ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Princeton University is a coeducational private university located on an extensive campus in and around suburban Princeton, New Jersey. ... Theology is reasoned discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason). It can also refer to the study of other religious topics. ... Virginia Theological Seminary is the largest accredited Episcopal seminary in the United States and was founded in 1823. ... Map Political Statistics Founded 1718 County Independent city Mayor William D. Euille Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 39. ... Theology is reasoned discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason). It can also refer to the study of other religious topics. ...

In 1819 he had acted as the agent of the American Colonization Society to purchase slaves, illegally brought into Georgia, which had become the property of that state and were sold publicly at Milledgeville. He had been prominent in the work of the Education Society, which was organized in i818 to advance funds to needy students for the ministry of the American Episcopal Church, and in the establishment of the Theological Seminary near Alexandria, as he was afterwards in the work of the American Tract Society, and the Bible Society. He was a founder and president of the Evangelical Knowledge Society (1847), which, opposing what it considered the heterodoxy of many of the books published by the Sunday School Union, attempted to displace them by issuing works of a more evangelical type. 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... It has been suggested that Chattel slavery be merged into this article or section. ... Milledgeville is a city located in Baldwin County, Georgia (of which it is the county seat), northeast of Macon, Georgia between Eatonton, Georgia and Hardwick, Georgia along Highway 441 on the banks of the Oconee River. ... The American Tract Society (ATS) is a publishing organization that publishes evangelistic literature. ...

A low Churchman, he strongly opposed Tractarianism. He was active in the case against Bishop Henry Ustick Onderdonk (1789-1858) of Pennsylvania, who because of in temperance was forced to resign and was suspended from the ministry in 1844; in that against Bishop Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk (1791-1861) of New York, who in 1845 was suspended from the ministry on the charge of intoxication and improper conduct; and in that against Bishop George Washington Doane of New Jersey. He fought against the threatening secession of Virginia, but acquiesced in the decision of the state and became presiding bishop of the Southern Church. He died in Richmond, Virginia. For the 20th century Oxford Movement or Group see Moral Rearmament The Oxford Movement was a loose affiliation of High Church Anglicans who sought to demonstrate that the Church of England was a direct descendant of the Christian church established by the Apostles. ... Temperance may refer to: Temperance (virtue) Temperance movement Temperance (Tarot card) Temperance (band) See also Astrud Gilberto, for the album Temperance This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... George Washington Doane (May 27, 1799 - April 27, 1859), was a United States churchman, and bishop in the Episcopal Church for the Diocese of New Jersey. ... Nickname River City Motto Sic Itur Ad Astra Location Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia Government Country State County United States Virginia Independent City Mayor L. Douglas Wilder Geographical characteristics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 62. ...

Among his publications, besides many sermons, were:

• A Brief Review of the Episcopal Church in Virginia (1845)
• Wilberforce, Cranmer, Jewett and the Prayer Book on the Incarnation (1850)
• Reasons for Loving the Episcopal Church (1852)
• Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia (1857), a storehouse of material on the ecclesiastical history of the state.

See the Life by John Johns (Baltimore, 1867). Sermon by William White at the Consecration of William Meade

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