George Maxwell Randall

George Maxwell Randall (November 23, 1810 – September 28, 1873)#tag:ref|Banyard provided a September 28, 1874, date of death. He attended Brown University, where he graduated in 1835. He then undertook theological studies at the General Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1838. During seminary Randall helped start a Sunday school program.

Early ministry Randall began his ordained ministry by serving as the rector of the Church of the Ascension in Fall River, Massachusetts. He moved from there to become the rector of the Church of the Messiah in Boston in 1844. He remained in this position until he was elevated to the episcopate.

In 1856 he received his Doctor of Sacred Theology degree from Brown University.

Episcopate

Randall was consecrated as Missionary Bishop of the Missionary District of Colorado and Parts Adjacent in Trinity Church, Boston, on December 28, 1865, by Presiding Bishop John Henry Hopkins, assisted by Bishops Benjamin Smith and Manton Eastburn, among others. His jurisdiction originally contained the territories of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. In 1866, Montana and Idaho were removed, while New Mexico was added to the district. Upon arriving in Colorado, he helped establish Calvary Church in Golden.

Noting the lack of higher education in the territory, he also helped established the Colorado University Schools which included a school of mines (which later became the state-run Colorado School of Mines), the Jarvis Hall secondary school, and the Matthews Hall school of theology. Bishop Randall lived there with his wife.

Publications

Personal life An active Freemason, Randall was raised in Washington Lodge No. 3 in Warren, was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts from 1852 to 1854, and was Grand Orator of the Grand Lodge of Colorado in 1872.

Randall died from pneumonia at his residence in Denver in 1873, leaving behind a wife, Elizabeth Hoar. He was buried in Warren, Rhode Island.