Richard Channing Moore (August 21, 1762 – November 11, 1841) was the second bishop of the Diocese of Virginia (1814–1841).
His classical education at King's College began at age eight, but was interrupted when his family moved to West Point, New York during the American Revolutionary War.
After her death he married Sarah Mersereau of Staten Island on March 23, 1797, who bore him six more before dying in August 1824.
He then served as rector of St. Andrew's, Staten Island (1789–1809), St. Stephen's, New York (1809–1814), and Monumental Church, Richmond, Virginia, from October 1814 until November 1841.
[3] Moore was a delegate to the May, 1808, General Convention where he served on a committee that added to the hymnal He was president of the Virginia branch of the American Bible Society.