27
June 1818 A.D. James
Lloyd Breck Born--Episcopal Cleric & Missionary
James Lloyd Breck (June 27, 1818 – April 2, 1876) was a priest, educator and missionary of the Episcopal
Church in the United States of America.
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Early life and education
Breck was born in Philadelphia County,
Pennsylvania. He attended high school at the Flushing
Institute, founded by William Augustus
Muhlenberg, who inspired him to resolve at the age of sixteen to
devote himself to missionary activity. He received a B.A. from the University of
Pennsylvania in 1838 and a B.D.
from the General Theological
Seminary in 1841.[1]
Career
In 1842, by then a deacon in the
Episcopal Church, he went to the frontier of Wisconsin with two classmates, under the direction of Bishop Jackson
Kemper, to found Nashotah
House, intended as a monastic community,
a seminary, and a center for theological work.
It continues today as a seminary.[2] Breck was ordained
into the priesthood later that year by the Missionary Bishop, Jackson Kemper at
the Oneida Indian settlement 150 miles north of Nashotah.[3]
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In 1850 Breck moved to Minnesota where he founded schools for boys and girls such as Breck
School in Golden Valley,
Minnesota, and the Seabury Divinity
School at Faribault, Minnesota. He also began mission work among the Ojibwa.[4] On June 23, 1850,
on top of Grandad Bluff, Breck celebrated
the first Episcopal[5] Eucharist in the La Crosse
area.[6]
Breck was known as "The Apostle
of the Wilderness".[8]
Death
Breck died in Benicia in 1876. He was
buried beneath the altar of the church he served as rector but later his body
was removed and reinterred on the grounds of Nashotah House in Nashotah, Wisconsin. The recommittal service there had 14 bishops, around 100 priests and
numerous lay people in attendance.[1][9]
Legacy
Breck School was established in 1886 in Wilder, Minnesota.
References
1.
^ Jump up to: a b c Hein, David, and
Shattuck, Gardiner H., Jr., The Episcopalians, Westport, Connecticut:
Praeger, 2004, pp. 172-174 ISBN 0-313-22958-9
5.
Jump up ^ Goldstein, Norm, editor, Associated Press
Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, 2000, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Perseus
Publishing, pp. 84-85.
8.
Jump up ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=UQNFAAAAIAAJ&dq=james+lloyd+breck+apostle+of+the+wilderness&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=aU1QojvL7i&sig=009ObUqKUpp4g46C42YKaHWjUa8&hl=en&ei=46IQS_jBD42gnQeDxpHVAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CA0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
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