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in what much later became West Virginia to confirm parishioners and consecrate St. Matthew's Church. White also took an active role in creating several charitable and educational institutions, usually by organizing Presbyterians, Methodists and other Protestants in those philanthropic enterprises. In
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in 1792, as well as serving as the Episcopal Church's first and fourth Presiding Bishop (the latter time as the most senior of bishops, as became the custom for the next century). White participated in the consecration of most American Episcopal bishops during the country's first two decades. He also
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from 1762 to 1763. The Whites had eight children, only three of whom survived to adulthood. As a widower, White supported seven of his grandchildren. In 1813, the bishop's widowed daughter Elizabeth brought her two daughters to live in the house. Elizabeth, called "Betsy" by the family, managed the
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As White aged, arranging for his successor became divisive in the diocese. Benjamin Allen arrived from Virginia to lead the diocese's most evangelical congregation, St. Paul's and also founded another congregation, St. Andrew's, without White's permission. White questioned certain aspects of lay
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Only William Stringer, a recent immigrant form Ireland in 1773, remained a Loyalist among the Anglican clerics in Philadelphia. In a Letter to Lord Dartmouth on March 6, 1778, from Philadelphia, Stringer reports that he is the only clergyman in Philadelphia who has acted consistent with his
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circa 1824). Although White did not travel extensively through his diocese, he did support missionary priests, including: Simon Wilmer, who traveled through Pennsylvania and New Jersey and ultimately settled down in what became the Maryland suburbs of Washington D.C.);
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household for nearly twenty years until her death in 1831. After the death of the Whites' son-in-law and daughter Mary, White and Betsy brought his five grandchildren (through Mary) into his home where they lived for the ten years leading up to his death.
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leadership at the revival meetings. Allen and the evangelical party selected George Boyd to replace White's assistant James Abercrombie, and Allen in place of Kemper at the diocesan council. When they tried to elect Meade as White's
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on December 23, 1770. He subsequently returned to England on two occasions: once in 1772, to be ordained priest (again at the Chapel Royal, by Terrick on April 17), and again in 1787, when he was consecrated bishop on February 4 at
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In 1820, White joined prominent Philadelphia philanthropists who, in 1820, convinced the Pennsylvania legislature to fund the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, founded by rabbi David G. Seixas, now known as the
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but canonically resident in Pennsylvania), the diocesan convention ended in a deadlock. At the next Convention, Wilson took himself out of contention, as did Meade, and the divided delegates eventually selected
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in 1800 for "unhappy females who have been seduced from the paths of virtue and are desirous of returning to a life of rectitude." This was the first institution of this kind in the United States.
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was composed of both lay and clergy members. After his consecration in England, White helped create an American episcopate, participating in the consecration of
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from 1774 until his death. During his tenure as trustee, he also served as Treasurer (1775–1778) and President (1790–1791) of the board of trustees.
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White died at his home after a lingering illness, retaining his full mental faculties until the end. He was buried in the family vault at
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David B. Contosta, This Far by Faith: Tradition and Change in the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania (Penn. State Press, 2012), p. 88
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was an habitual communicant ... I have been written to by many on that point, and have been obliged to answer them as I now do you.
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ordination oath of allegiance to the King and duty as a minister. See The Manuscripts of the Earl of Dartmouth, Volume 2, p. 460.
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beliefs. Although Washington never received communion there, he attended services at Christ Church regularly for about 25 years.
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were among the few prominent citizens who remained to tend the ill when many other wealthy inhabitants fled to the countryside.
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on July 20, 1836, next to his brother-in-law, Robert Morris. On December 23, 1870, his remains were re-interred in the
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of New York (who became missionary to free and enslaved African Americans in the South and established
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This letter is one piece of evidence among many which are frequently cited in support of Washington's
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White's household included a free African American coachman, named John, but no slaves.
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A second Bishop White House is located on Old Mill Lane, in the Historic District in
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List of presiding bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America
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Memoirs of the Life and Services of the Rt. Rev. Alonzo Potter, D.D., LL.D.
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Bishop of Pennsylvania and First Presiding Bishop of the Church in the USA
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Barnes, C. Rankin, "The General Convention Offices and Officers 1785-1950"
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of Connecticut had been first, consecrated in 1784 in Aberdeen, Scotland.
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In regard to the subject of your inquiry, truth requires me to say that
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in that city throughout the 1790s. White and his friend and neighbor
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about three years later. In 1770, he sailed for England on the ship
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The Case of The Episcopal Churches in the United States Considered
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William White's works in his own hand (primary source documents)
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His home at 309 Walnut Street in Philadelphia is today part of
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White was married to Mary Harrison (1750–1797). Mary's father,
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Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United States
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Manross, William. A History of the American Episcopal Church
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In White's response of August 15, 1835 to Colonel Mercer of
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ordained two African-Americans as deacons and then priests,
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4th PB: September 8, 1795 – July 17, 1836
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Bishop White House: Clergyman to the Continental Congress
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The Bishop White House page at The National Park Service
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The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835
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in the churches of which I am the parochial minister.
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were built outside of houses. The prominent physician
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of Philadelphia (in 1795 and 1804, respectively), and
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December 9, 1790 – November 27, 1800
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Index

The Most Reverend
1st and 4th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church

Episcopal Church
Samuel Provoost
Samuel Seabury
Alexander Viets Griswold
Bishop of Pennsylvania
Bishop of Delaware
Chapel Royal
Philip Yonge
Richard Terrick
Lambeth Palace Chapel
John Moore
Canterbury
et al.
#Consecrators
Philadelphia
Province of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
United States
Christ Church, Philadelphia
American
Anglican
Alma mater
College of Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
N.S.
Presiding Bishop

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