Bishop Alfred Harding And His Sarcophagus

by Cora Wandel

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Bishop Alfred Harding And His Sarcophagus

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Cora Wandel

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This is a partial view of the sarcophagus of the Right Reverend Alfred Harding, the second Episcopal Bishop of Washington, in the Chapel of the Resurrection in the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Harding was born in Ireland in 1852 and immigrated to the United States in 1867, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1870. Harding graduated from Trinity College and Berkeley Divinity School, and was ordained a priest in 1883. In 1909, he became the Bishop of Washington. Harding died in 1934, and is entombed in the National Cathedral with his wife and infant child. His sarcophagus was made by W. Douglas Caroe, the resident architect of Canterbury Cathedral, and was carved from a single slab of marble. The sarcophagus is located on the crypt level of the National Cathedral, directly below the main floor.

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March 15th, 2014

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