Thomas F. Scott

Thomas Fielding Scott (March 12, 1807 – July 14, 1867) was the first missionary Episcopal Bishop of Washington and Oregon territories.

Early life Scott was born in Iredell County, North Carolina, the son of James Scott and Rebekkah Worke Scott. He attended Franklin College (later the University of Georgia), graduating in 1829. Scott was ordained deacon in 1843, and ordained priest the following year. He later moved to Columbus, Georgia to become rector of Trinity Church in that town, remaining there until his ordination as bishop.

Bishop of Washington and Oregon Scott was consecrated the first missionary Bishop of Washington and Oregon territories in 1854. He was the 60th bishop in the ECUSA, and was consecrated in Christ Church in Savannah, Georgia by Bishops Stephen Elliott, Nicholas Hamner Cobbs, and Thomas F. Davis.

He died in 1867 while visiting New York City of a fever contracted while crossing the Isthmus of Panama.