John Brockenbrough Newton (February 7, 1839 – May 28, 1897) was bishop coadjutor[1] of Virginia, but he died in that post, without succeeding to the diocesan See.[2]

The Right Reverend

John Brockenbrough Newton
Coadjutor Bishop of Virginia
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseVirginia
ElectedJanuary 31, 1894
In office1894–1897
PredecessorAlfred Magill Randolph
SuccessorRobert Atkinson Gibson
Orders
OrdinationJune 29, 1872
by Francis McNeece Whittle
ConsecrationMay 16, 1894
by Francis McNeece Whittle
Personal details
Born(1839-02-07)February 7, 1839
DiedMay 28, 1897(1897-05-28) (aged 58)
Richmond, Virginia, United States
BuriedHollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsWilloughby Newton & Mary S. Brockenbrough
SpouseRoberta Page Williamson
Children8

Biography

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Newton was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia on February 7, 1839, the son of Willoughby Newton and Mary S. Brockenbrough. He was educated at the Episcopal High School near Alexandria, Virginia, the Edge Hill School, and Schouler's School, near Fredericksburg. He attended a Medical School in Winchester, Virginia and afterwards graduated from the Medical College of Virginia with a Doctor of Medicine in 1860. At the beginning of the American Civil War, he entered the Confederate army as a private in the 40th Virginia Infantry, where he served as assistant surgeon and later as full surgeon.

After the war, he continued to practice medicine until 1870, when he commenced studies for the ordained ministry. He was ordained deacon on June 25, 1871, and priest on June 29, 1872, by Bishop Francis McNeece Whittle. He served as rector of St John's Church and St Paul's Church in Tappahannock, Virginia between 1871 and 1876. Later, in 1876, he became rector of Christ and St. Luke's Church in Norfolk, Virginia, while in 1884 he became rector of Monumental Church in Richmond, Virginia.

He was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Virginia on January 31, 1894, and was consecrated in Monumental Church on May 16, 1894, by Francis McNeece Whittle, Bishop of Virginia; Thomas Underwood Dudley, Bishop of Kentucky; and George William Peterkin, Bishop of West Virginia at the Diocese's 99th Annual Convention in Richmond, Virginia on May 16, 1894.[3][4]

Newton was the father of historian Mary Newton Stanard, who produced a biography of him in 1924.[5]

References

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  1. ^ The Living Church Annual, 1944, pgs. 382-383
  2. ^ History of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia (Accessed 5 January 2016)
  3. ^ The Wilmington Morning Star from Wilmington, North Carolina, May 17, 1894, p. 4 (Accessed 5 January 2016)
  4. ^ Gorham, E. S. American Church Almanac and Year Book (1921) p. 42 (Google Books preview) (Accessed 5 January 2016)
  5. ^ Jennifer Scanlon; Shaaron Cosner (1996). American Women Historians, 1700s-1990s: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-29664-2.