- Chester Lovelle Talton
Chester Lovelle Talton (born
September 22 ,1941 ) is theBishop 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 theSan 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 isAfrican 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]
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