Thomas Fielding Scott was the first missionary Episcopal

Episcopal Church (United States)

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 Bishop of Washington and Oregon territories

Episcopal Diocese of Oregon

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Early life

Scott was born in Iredell County, North Carolina

Iredell County, North Carolina

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, the son of James Scott and Rebekkah Worke Scott. He attended Franklin College (later the University of Georgia

University of Georgia

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), graduating in 1829. Scott was ordained deacon in 1843, and ordained priest the following year. After his ordination to the priesthood, he became rector of St. James' Church in Marietta, Georgia

Marietta, Georgia

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. He later moved to Columbus, Georgia

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 to become rector of Trinity Church

Trinity Episcopal Church (Columbus, Georgia)

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 in that town, remaining there until his ordination as bishop. While there, Scott received a doctorate in divinity from his alma mater.

Bishop of Washington and Oregon

Scott was consecrated the first missionary Bishop of Washington and Oregon territories in 1854. He was the 60th bishop in the ECUSA, and was consecrated in Christ Church, Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

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 by Bishops Stephen Elliott

Stephen Elliott (bishop)

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, Nicholas Hamner Cobbs

Nicholas Hamner Cobbs

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, and Thomas F. Davis

Thomas F. Davis

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. On arriving in Oregon in October 1854, Scott took possession of an acre of land in Eugene, Oregon

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 given to him for a church building by the town’s founder, Eugene Skinner

Eugene Skinner

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. In 1856, Scott founded a boys school

Bishop Scott Academy

Bishop Scott Academy was a school located in Portland, Oregon, United States. Affiliated with the Episcopal Church, the school was named for the Reverend Thomas Fielding Scott. The school opened in 1870 to educate young men in good citizenship and prepare them to enter the ministry...

 in Portland, which was reorganized and renamed after him after his death.

He died in 1867 while visiting New York City

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 of a fever contracted while crossing the Isthmus of Panama

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. Scott was buried at Trinity Church in New York.