Rev. Leonidas Polk was appointed by the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States as the first Bishop of the new Diocese.
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He was also the first foreign missionary Bishop of the Episcopal Church as his oversight extended also to the Republic of Texas.
He also served as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and was for that reason known as The Fighting Bishop.
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