Editing Phillips Brooks (section)

{{Short description|American clergyman and author}}
{{Other people|Phillip Brooks|Phil Brooks (disambiguation){{!}}Phil Brooks}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type             = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Reverend]]
| name             = Phillips Brooks
| honorific-suffix = D.D.
| native_name      =
| native_name_lang =
| title            = [[Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts|Bishop of Massachusetts]]
| image            = Phillips Brooks.jpg
| alt              =
| caption          =
| church           = [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]]
| archdiocese      =
| province         =
| metropolis       =
| diocese          = [[Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]
| see              =
| elected          = April 30, 1891
| appointed        =
| term_start       = October 14, 1891
| term_end         = January 23, 1893
| predecessor      = [[Benjamin Henry Paddock]]
| opposed          =
| successor        = [[William Lawrence (bishop)|William Lawrence]]
| other_post       =
<!---------- Orders
The Orders section may be omitted in favour of Template:Ordination for those
clergy claiming Apostolic succession, such as Catholics, Orthodox and Anglicans. ---------->
| ordination       = May 27, 1860
| ordained_by      = [[Alonzo Potter]]
| consecration     = October 14, 1891
| consecrated_by   = [[John Williams (bishop of Connecticut)|John Williams]]
| rank             =
<!---------- Personal details ---------->
| birth_name       =
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1835|12|13}}
| birth_place      = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States]]
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|1893|01|23|1835|12|13}}
| death_place      = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States]]
| buried           = [[Mount Auburn Cemetery]]
| nationality      = [[Americans|American]]
| religion         = [[Anglicanism|Anglican]]
| residence        =
| parents          = William Gray Brooks & Mary Ann Phillips
| spouse           = <!-- or | partner = -->
| children         =
| occupation       =
| profession       =
| previous_post    = {{plainlist|
* Rector, [[Trinity Church (Boston)|Trinity Church, Boston]]<small> (1869{{ndash}}1891)</small>
* Rector, [[Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia]]<small> (1862{{ndash}}1869)</small>
* Rector, Church of the Advent, Philadelphia<small> (1860{{ndash}}1862)</small>
}}
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| signature        = Signature of Phillips Brooks (1835–1893).png
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| feast_day        = 23 January
| venerated        = [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]]
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}}

'''Phillips Brooks''' (December 13, 1835{{snd}}January 23, 1893) was an [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|American Episcopal]] clergyman and author, long the [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of Boston's [[Trinity Church (Boston)|Trinity Church]] and briefly [[Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts|Bishop of Massachusetts]]. He wrote the lyrics of the Christmas hymn, "[[O Little Town of Bethlehem]]".

He is honored on the [[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church liturgical calendar]] on [[January 23]].<ref name="liturgicalcalendar">{{Cite web |title=Phillips Brooks, Bishop, 1893 |url=https://www.episcopalchurch.org/lectionary/phillips-brooks/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=The Episcopal Church |language=en-US}}</ref>