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    Samuel Allen McCoskry (November 9, 1804 - August 1, 1886), was the first Bishop of Michigan in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, but...
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    Bishop of Vermont in 1868 and consecrated bishop on June 3, 1868, by Samuel A. McCoskry Bishop of Michigan and co-consecrated by John Williams of Connecticut...
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    October. McLaren was elected Bishop of Illinois in 1875 and was consecrated on December 8, 1875, by the Bishop of Michigan Samuel A. McCoskry. He became...
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    the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Samuel Rodman was Timothy Smith, Bishop of the North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical...
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    consecrated on February 24, 1875, by Bishop Samuel A. McCoskry of Michigan. He died in office on March 19, 1909, after a long illness. "Bishop George D. Gillespie"...
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    of only a few African-American bishops in the Episcopal Church. The current bishop is Bonnie Perry. Its first bishop was Samuel Allen McCoskry, who served...
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    consecrated by Alexander Viets Griswold, George Washington Doane, and Samuel Allen McCoskry. Gadsden was active in expanding the membership of the Episcopal...
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  • Samuel Smith Harris (September 14, 1841 – August 21, 1888) was the second Bishop of Michigan in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Harris...
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    Samuel A. McCoskry, met with nine businessmen from Houghton and Hancock. The first clergyman sent to serve the church, upon arriving in Houghton on a...
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    Colorado in 1873. He was consecrated on December 31, 1873, by Bishop Samuel A. McCoskry of Michigan together with Bishop Gregory T. Bedell of Ohio, Bishop...
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    consecrated by John Henry Hopkins, Bishop of Vermont and Presiding bishop; Samuel A. McCoskry, Bishop of Michigan; and William H. DeLancey, Bishop of Western New...
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    20, 1844, by Bishops Philander Chase, Jackson Kemper, and Samuel Allen McCoskry. He received a D.D. from the University of Missouri in 1847. During his...
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    William Henry Odenheimer (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from Appleton's Cyclopedia)
    Samuel Allen McCoskry, and William Rollinson Whittingham, along with other co-consecrators. While bishop, Odenheimer received an additional degree, a...
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    Bishop Samuel Allen McCoskry consecrated the church in July 1868; in his later report to the diocese, he stated: This church is the fruit of a life of...
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    Henry Hand January-May 1861: Henry Grant Foote May-6 August 1861: William McCoskry (acting) 1861-December 1864: Richard Francis Burton December 1864–1873:...
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    Lagos Colony (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    HMS Prometheus who was accompanied by the Acting British Consul, William McCoskry. Oba Dosunmu of Lagos (spelled "Docemo" in British documents) resisted...
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    of 1868. Bishop Samuel Allen McCoskry consecrated the church in July 1868; in his later report to the diocese, he stated: This is a very church-like...
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    formal Protectorate of Lagos". William McCoskry, the Acting Consul in Lagos with Commander Bedingfield convened a meeting with Oba Dosunmu on 30 July 1861...
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    History of Nigeria (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the Royal Naval Biography (1823))
    protectorate of Lagos". William McCoskry, the acting consul in Lagos, together with Commander Bedingfield, convened a meeting with King Dosunmu, Akitoye's...
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