Born in
Ballymote,
County Sligo,
Ireland, he graduated from
Trinity College, Dublin with a
Bachelor of Arts in 1855. He was ordained deacon on July 6, 1856, and priest on July 5, 1857, in the chapel of
Farnham Castle. He then served as curate of
East Worldham,
Hampshire in
England, until 1859. In 1859 he left for
British Columbia in
Canada to serve as missionary, chaplain at the naval station at
Esquimalt, rector of St Paul's Church in
Nanaimo, and minister to the gold miners at
Cariboo. In 1870 he moved to the
United States and became
rector of St James's Church in
San Francisco, and in 1872
Dean of
Trinity Cathedral in
Omaha. In 1874 he was appointed
Missionary Bishop of Northern Texas and retained the seat after the formation of the
Episcopal Diocese of Dallas on December 20, 1895. He was consecrated bishop on December 20, 1874, by Bishop
Robert Harper Clarkson of Nebraska in
Trinity Cathedral,
Omaha. he was instrumental in the building of
St Matthew's Cathedral in
Dallas, Texas. He also founded St. Mary's College for women in Dallas. On the death of
Daniel Sylvester Tuttle on April 17, 1923, Garrett became
presiding bishop. At that time he was 91 years old and totally blind. He remained Bishop of Dallas and Presiding Bishop until his death in 1924. ==Bibliography==