Phillips Brooks

The Right Reverend Phillips Brooks D.D.
Bishop of Massachusetts
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Massachusetts
Elected	April 30, 1891
Installed	October 14, 1891
Term ended	January 23, 1893
Predecessor	Benjamin Henry Paddock
Successor	William Lawrence
Previous post(s)	Rector, Trinity Church, Boston (1869–1891) Rector, Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia (1862–1869) Rector, Church of the Advent, Philadelphia (1860–1862)
Orders
Ordination	May 27, 1860 by Alonzo Potter
Consecration	October 14, 1891 by John Williams
Personal details
Born	(1835-12-13)December 13, 1835 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died	January 23, 1893(1893-01-23) (aged 57) Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Buried	Mount Auburn Cemetery
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	William Gray Brooks & Mary Ann Phillips
Signature
Sainthood
Feast day	23 January
Venerated in	Episcopal Church

Phillips Brooks (December 13, 1835 – January 23, 1893) was an American Episcopal clergyman and author, long the Rector of Boston's Trinity Church and briefly Bishop of Massachusetts. He wrote the lyrics of the Christmas hymn, "O Little Town of Bethlehem".

He is honored on the Episcopal Church liturgical calendar on January 23.^[1]