Alexander Charles Garrett (born, Ireland

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, 1832—died, Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

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, February 18, 1924) was an American

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 Episcopal

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 bishop

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, born in Ireland

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. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin

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, in 1855, was curate

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 of East Worldham, Hampshire

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, England (1856-59), and until 1869 served as a missionary in British Columbia

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. In 1870 he became rector

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 of St. James's Church, San Francisco

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, and in 1872 dean of Trinity Cathedral, Omaha

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. In 1874 he was appointed Missionary Bishop of northern Texas

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 and retained the seat after the formation of the diocese of Dallas. He wrote:

• A Charge to the Clergy and Laity of North Texas (1875)
• Historical Continuity (1875)
• Baldwin Lectures on the Philosophy of the Incarnation

On the death of Daniel Sylvester Tuttle

Daniel Sylvester Tuttle

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in April, 1923, the Rt. Rev. Alexander Garrett became presiding bishop. At that time he was 91 years old and totally blind. He remained Bishop of Dallas and Presiding Bishop until his death in 1924.

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