{"id":319,"date":"2015-05-25T16:54:28","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T16:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/?page_id=319"},"modified":"2022-01-20T20:00:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T20:00:14","slug":"1866-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/victory-1\/1866-2\/","title":{"rendered":"1866"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/Consecration.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/Consecration.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px 7px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 218px;\" \/><\/a>25 January 1866<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\">John Barrett Kerfoot is consecrated as the first bishop of the new diocese of Pittsburgh.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The service is held at Trinity Church in Pittsburgh.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">In attendance are Presiding Bishop John Henry Hopkins (Vermont),&nbsp; and Bishops Charles McIlvaine (Ohio), William Whittingham (Maryland), John Williams (Connecticut), J.C. Talbot (Assistant Bishop of Indiana), Cleveland Coxe (Western New York), and Robert Harper Clarkson (Missionary Bishop of Nebraska).&nbsp;&nbsp; Kerfoot sets off almost immediately to tour his new diocese. <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\">Consecrating bishops <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" height=\"171\" width=\"453\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/JohnHenryHopkinsPhoto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"123\" src=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/JohnHenryHopkinsPhoto.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px 7px; float: left;\" width=\"83\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/mcilvaine02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/mcilvaine02.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px 7px; float: left; width: 76px; height: 119px;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/William_Rollinson_Whittingham.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/William_Rollinson_Whittingham.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px 7px; float: left; width: 75px; height: 89px;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/jwilliams01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/jwilliams01.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px 7px; float: left; width: 75px; height: 94px;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<em><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\">Hopkins<\/span><\/span><\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<em><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\">McIlvaine<\/span><\/span><\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<em><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\">Whittingham<\/span><\/span><\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<em><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\">Williams<\/span><\/span><\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/Joseph%20Cruikshank%20Talbot.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/Joseph%20Cruikshank%20Talbot.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px 7px; float: left; width: 75px; height: 108px;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/Arthur_Cleveland_Coxe_older.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/Arthur_Cleveland_Coxe_older.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px 7px; float: left; width: 75px; height: 114px;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/clarkson01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/clarkson01.jpg\" style=\"float: left; border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px 7px; width: 75px; height: 135px;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<em><span style=\"font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Talbot<\/span><\/span><\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<em><span style=\"font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Coxe<\/span><\/span><\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<em><span style=\"font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Clarkson<\/span><\/span><\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" style=\"width: 300px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/victory-1\/1864-2\/\">1864<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/victory-1\/1865-april-may\/\">1865 &ndash; May<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/victory-1\/1865-june-july\/\">1865 &ndash; June<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/victory-1\/1865-september\/\">1865- September<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/victory-1\/1865-october\/\">1865 &ndash; October<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/victory-1\/1865-november\/\">1865- November<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\">\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/victory-1\/1866-2\/\">1866<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\">\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"3\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/\">Timeline<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/creation\/\">Creation<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/wilderness\/\">Wilderness<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/\">Margins<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/struggles-1\/\">Struggles<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/victory-1\/\">Victory<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>25 January 1866 John Barrett Kerfoot is consecrated as the first bishop of the new diocese of Pittsburgh. The service is held at Trinity Church in Pittsburgh. In attendance are Presiding Bishop John Henry Hopkins (Vermont),&nbsp; and Bishops Charles McIlvaine &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/victory-1\/1866-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":463,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-319","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1879,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319\/revisions\/1879"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}