Chester Lovelle Talton

Chester Lovelle Talton (born September 22, 1941) is the Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese of Los Angeles in the The Episcopal Church.

Positions that Bishop Talton has held include: Bishop Suffragan, Diocese of Los Angeles, 1991 to present. Previous positions include: Rector, St. Philip's Church, New York City (Harlem), 1985-1990; Mission Officer, Trinity Church Wall Street, New York City, 1981-1985; Rector, St. Philip's Church, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1976-1981; Vicar, Holy Cross Church, Chicago, Illinois, 1973-1976; Vicar, St. Mathias' Mission, and Curate, All Saints' Church, Carmel, California, 1971-1973; Vicar, Good Shepherd Church, Berkeley, California, 1970-1971.

Bishop Talton's education: California State University, Hayward, California B.S., 1965; Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, California, M.Div., 1970; Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, California, D.D.

Personal facts: Born September 22, 1941, El Dorado, Arkansas. Ordained priest, February, 1971, in the San Francisco-based Diocese of California. Married Karen Louise Warren in August, 1963 and has four children from this union: Kathy, Linda, Frederick and Benjamin. Karen Talton died in 2003. Talton remarried in 2007, to April Grayson, a lay leader in the Diocese of Los Angeles. He is African American, and one of 37 black bishops who have been consecrated by the Episcopal Church.

Book

*"Race and prayer : collected voices, many dreams" / Malcolm Boyd and Chester L. Talton, editors. Harrisburg, Pa. : Morehouse Pub., c2003. xii, 202 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. ISBN 0-8192-1909-6 (pbk.)

References

* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30617FA3B590C728DDDAF0894D8494D81&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fOrganizations%2fE%2fEpiscopal%20Church The New York Times, June 11, 1990: Los Angeles Names Rector From Harlem As Assistant Bishop]
* [http://www.er-d.org/5888_3917_ENG_HTM.htm Office of Black Ministries: Chester Lovelle Talton]
* [http://www.ladiocese.org/BishopsOffices.htm Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles: Bishops' Offices]