# Robert Codman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Robert_Codman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Robert_Codman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Codman > Source revision: 1353061085 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Robert Codman** (December 30, 1859 – October 7, 1915) was bishop of the [Episcopal Diocese of Maine](/source/Episcopal_Diocese_of_Maine), serving from 1900 to 1915. ## Early years Codman was born in [Boston](/source/Boston), [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts) in 1859 to Robert Codman Sr., a prominent Boston lawyer. Codman's father Robert had Congregationalist ancestry, with his own father, John Codman, serving as a Congregationalist minister. Robert Codman Sr. converted to Anglicanism.[citation needed] By the time of his death he had become a senior warden in the [Church of the Advent](/source/Church_of_the_Advent_(Boston)) in [Boston](/source/Boston), which was also the parish church in which his son Robert Jr, the future bishop, grew up. Codman was educated in public schools and later graduated in Law from [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) in 1882. ## Ordained ministry He was graduated from Harvard and practiced law. After the death of his brother, the Reverend Archibald Codman, Robert Codman sought ordination.[1] He studied in the [General Theological Seminary](/source/General_Theological_Seminary)[2] in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) after which he was ordained deacon in 1893. He was appointed curate of [All Saints Church](/source/All_Saints'_Church_%E2%80%94_Ashmont_(Boston)) in [Ashmont, Boston](/source/Ashmont,_Boston). In 1894 he was ordained priest by Bishop [Charles Chapman Grafton](/source/Charles_Chapman_Grafton). He became rector of St John's Church in Boston Highlands. He was an advocate of [Muscular Christianity](/source/Muscular_Christianity).[1] ## Episcopacy Codman was elected to succeed [Henry A. Neely](/source/Henry_A._Neely) as Bishop of Maine.[3] He was consecrated bishop on February 24, 1900, in [St Luke's Cathedral in Portland](/source/Cathedral_Church_of_St._Luke_(Portland,_Maine)). As bishop he altered and expanded the cathedral by adding the Emmanuel Chapel,[4] which includes the Madonna and Child of [John La Farge](/source/John_La_Farge). He also expanded the bishop's residence. He worked to increase the Episcopal presence throughout his diocese[5][6] and consecrated several new church buildings.[7][8] In 1911 he presided at the opening of the [Edward T. Gignoux U.S. Courthouse](/source/Edward_T._Gignoux_U.S._Courthouse) in Portland.[9] Codman served as bishop till his death in 1915.[10] During his later years, he was heavily involved in the Anti-Tuberculosis Society[11] and the Citizens' Committee;[1] he saw both as working against the disadvantages of urban life. ## Family Codman married Margarette B. Porter in September 1915; he died three weeks later from a brain tumour.[1] ## References 1. [University of Maine website, Library section *Combating the ‘Social Evil’: Masculinity and Moral Reform in Portland, 1912-1914*, by Howard M. Solomon, published in Maine History (Volume 43, Number 3, January 2008](https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1020&context=mainehistoryjournal) 1. [Internet Archive, *Catalogue of the officers and students of the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, located in the city of New-York*](https://archive.org/stream/catalogue18librgoog/catalogue18librgoog_djvu.txt) 1. [The Parish of St Mary and St Jude website, *Not a Common House*, by Gunnar Hansen (1981), page 37](https://maryjude.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Hansen_1981_Not-a-Common-House.pdf) 1. [Episcopal Maine website, *History*](https://episcopalmaine.org/about/history/) 1. [Good Shepherd Rangeley website, *Shearings*, Issue 1 (2019), page 3](https://goodshepherdrangeley.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Shearings-Issue-1-2019.pdf) 1. [Christ Church Eastport website, *History of Christ Church*](https://christchurcheastport.com/history-of-christ-church/) 1. [St George’s Episcopal Church website, *History*](https://stgeorgesanford.org/about/history/) 1. [The Maine Mag website, *All Saints by the Sea*, article by Dr. Lisa Belisle dated July 2017](https://www.themainemag.com/all-saints-by-the-sea/#close) 1. [US District Court (District of Maine) website, *Court History*](https://www.med.uscourts.gov/court-history) 1. (1917). *The Living Church Annual*, p. 65-66. The Young Churchmen Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 1. [Bangor Daily News website, *Bangor Fought Spread of TB*, article by Wayne E. Reilly, published January 30, 2011](https://www.bangordailynews.com/2009/07/05/living/bangor-fought-spread-of-tb/) - *The Living Church Annual*, 1916, pp. 65–66. ## External links [St Peter’s Episcopal Church website](https://stpetersepiscopalportme.org/history-for-st-peters-episcopal/) *History of St Peter’s* --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Robert Codman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Codman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Codman?action=history)). 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