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Show BISHOP ABIEL LEONARD. j; ' - 1 v. ij I - r ! ,'c ' ':'-f .. "- , V-.vitaJ oi : ! ''' ' ' V.'i ' "xTvi v. 'vr,.i-'ijar I h j ;! .... . r S" '' j j' Tit. Rev. Abiel Leonard. S. T. D.,-who died at St. Mark's hospital on Thursday morninsr. was I born June "S. IRIS. In 1ST3 he was ordained to the ministry of the Ppiscopal church, and returned from !; New Ycrk, where he graduated, to hfs native state Missouri where he was appointed assistant pas- tor at Sedalia, Nov. 4, 1S73. Having labored for eight years in Missouri, he was transferred to Atchi- !; fon. Kan., in 18S1. The following year lie was elevated to the episcopacy, and succeeded Bishop Tuttle, S who was the first Episcopat bishop of , the diocese of Salt Lake, which includes Utah, Nevada and the western part of Colorado. His death is a lose to the church which he faithfully served, and the mem- . ',' . bers Of hie flock will long remember his untiring energy and zeal. |