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Chester Talton

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The Right Reverend

Chester Talton
Provisional Bishop of San Joaquin
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseSan Joaquin
Elected2011
In office2011-2014
PredecessorJerry Lamb
SuccessorDavid Rice
Previous post(s)Suffragan Bishop of Los Angeles (1991-2010)
Orders
OrdinationFebruary 1971
ConsecrationJanuary 26, 1991
by Edmond L. Browning
Personal details
Born (1941-09-22) September 22, 1941 (age 83)
DenominationAnglicanism
ParentsChester Talton & Mae Ola Shells
Spouse
Karen Louise Warren
(m. 1963)

April Grayson
(m. 2007)
Children4

Chester Lovelle Talton (born September 22, 1941) was the Provisional Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin in the Episcopal Church.[1] [2]

Personal life

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Talton was born in El Dorado, Arkansas to Chester Talton and Mae Ola Shells. He was ordained deacon in 1970 and to the priesthood in February 1971, in the San Francisco-based Diocese of California. He married Karen Louise Warren on August 25, 1963 and has four children from this union. 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.

Education

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Talton studied at California State University, Hayward, California where he earned his B.S. in 1965,[3] and Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, California, where he earned his M.Div. in 1970, and ultimately his D.D.[4]

Positions held

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Positions held include Provisional Bishop, Diocese of San Joaquin, 2011 - 2014; Bishop Suffragan, Diocese of Los Angeles, 1991 to 2010;[5][6] 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; and Vicar, Good Shepherd Church, Berkeley, California, 1970–1971.

Talton's consecrators were Edmond L. Browning, Orris George Walker, and Robert Marshall Anderson.

Bibliography

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  • Race and prayer: collected voices, many dreams / Malcolm Boyd and Chester L. Talton, editors. Harrisburg, Pa.: Morehouse Pub., c. 2003. xii, 202 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. ISBN 0-8192-1909-6 (pbk.)
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References

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  1. ^ "SAN JOAQUIN: Standing Committee nominates Chet Talton as provisional bishop", Episcopal News Service, January 19, 2011. Retrieved on July 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "Chester Lovell Talton", Episcopal Church, March 16, 2022. Retrieved on July 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "TALTON, CHESTER LOVELLE". Who's Who in the West: 814. 1999. ISBN 9780837909240.
  4. ^ "TALTON, CHESTER LOVELLE". Who's Who in Religion: 510. 1992. ISBN 9780837916040.
  5. ^ Jack Curry (6 November 1990). "Los Angeles Names Rector From Harlem As Assistant Bishop". New York Times. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  6. ^ "First Black Episcopal Bishop in West Ordained", Los Angeles Times, January 27, 1991. Retrieved on July 25, 2023.