Louis Chester Melcher

Louis Chester Melcher (August 3, 1898 - September 21, 1965)[1] was a missionary bishop from The Episcopal Church to what became the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil, serving there from 1948 to 1958.[2] He was born in Baraboo, Wisconsin and studied at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and at Sewanee: The University of the South.[3] He served as priest in the Panama Canal Zone and in the United States.[4] He was buried at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Columbia, South Carolina, where he had been the rector.[5] He had been consecrated there as coadjutor bishop of Southern Brazil on February 5, 1948.[6]

References

1. "In Memoriam". The Sewanee News. 31 (4): 18. November 1965. The Rt. Rev. Louis C. Melcher, '25, died at his home at Pinehurst, North Carolina, September 21, following a prolonged illness.
2. Truax, Carlton (January 12, 1961). "These Trinity Men Were Elected Bishops". The State. Columbia, S.C. p. 1-C. The Rt. Rev. Lois Chester Melcher was Bishop of Brazil from 1948 to 1958.
3. "RETIRED BISHOP OF BRAZIL DIES". The Archives of the Episcopal Church. Episcopal Press and News. October 7, 1965. The Rt. Rev. Louis Chester Melcher, retired Bishop of Central Brazil, died Sept. 21.
4. "EPISCOPATE:The Rev. Mr. Melcher Accepts". The Living Church. CXV (23): 6. December 7, 1947.
5. "The North Transept". Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. Retrieved 17 September 2019. Memorial: This window was given by the congregation of Trinity Church to the glory of God and in loving memory of the Right Reverend Louis Chester Melcher, D.D. (1898-1965). The memorial is fitting, for just as St. Paul journeyed to the gentiles as the great apostle, so, too, Bishop Melcher, in 1948, journeyed to Brazil as a missionary bishop. He served as rector at Trinity from 1939-1948 and is buried in the churchyard.
6. "Bishop Melcher Consecrated as Coadjutor of Southern Brazil". The Living Church. CXVI (7): 7. February 15, 1947.