The Biographical Dictionary of America/Anderson, Charles Palmerston

ANDERSON, Charles Palmerston, bishop-coadjutor of Chicago and 197th in succession in the American episcopate, was born in Kemptville, Ont., Sept. 8, 1863, son of Henry Anderson. He was educated at the university of Toronto; was admitted to the diaconate by the Bishop of Ontario in 1887, and advanced to the priesthood in 1888. He married Sept. 4, 1889, Jane Glass, of Belleville. Ont. He was in charge of the church at Beachburg, Canada, 1888-91; and rector of Grace church, Oak Park, Chicago, III., 1891-1900. He was elected bishop-coadjutor of Chicago Jan. 9, 1900, and was consecrated Feb. 24, 1900, by Bishops McLaren, Gillespie, Seymour, Vincent, Grafton, Nicholson, White, Édsall, Morrison and Williams. He received the degree D.D. from the University of Toronto in 1900.