The Right Reverend William Henry Augustus Bissell D.D.
Bishop of Vermont
Church	Episcopal Church
See	Vermont
Elected	March 11, 1868
In office	1868–1893
Predecessor	John Henry Hopkins
Successor	Arthur C. A. Hall
Orders
Ordination	August 2, 1840 by Benjamin T. Onderdonk
Consecration	June 3, 1868 by Samuel A. McCoskry
Personal details
Born	November 10, 1814 Randolph, Vermont, United States
Died	May 14, 1893(1893-05-14) (aged 78) Burlington, Vermont, United States
Buried	Lake View Cemetery
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Ezekiel Bissell & Elizabeth Washburn Bissell
Spouse	Martha Cotton Moulton
Children	3

William Henry Augustus Bissell (November 10, 1814 - May 14, 1893) was the second bishop of Vermont in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.^[1]

Education

Bissell was born on November 10, 1814, in Randolph, Vermont, the son of Ezekiel Bissell and Elizabeth Washburn. He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1836 and commenced his teaching career in Detroit. He also studied theology at Vermont Episcopal Institute.

Ordination

Bissell was ordained deacon on September 29, 1839, by Bishop Benjamin T. Onderdonk of New York. He was ordained a priest a year later on August 2 by the same bishop. Bissell served as assistant of Christ Church in Troy, New York. In 1941 he was appointed rector of Trinity Church in Watervliet, New York, a post he held until 1845 when he became rector of Grace Church in Lyons, New York. In 1848 he was appointed rector of Trinity Church in Geneva, New York.

Episcopacy

Bissell was elected Bishop of Vermont in 1868 and consecrated bishop on June 3, 1868, by Samuel A. McCoskry Bishop of Michigan and co-consecrated by John Williams of Connecticut, Horatio Potter of New York, Arthur Cleveland Coxe of Western New York and Henry A. Neely of Maine. Bissell died on May 14, 1893, in Burlington, Vermont.

Personal life

Bissell married Martha Cotton Moulton on August 25, 1838, and had four children.

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