{"id":393,"date":"2015-05-25T15:36:48","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T15:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/?page_id=393"},"modified":"2022-01-20T19:37:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T19:37:26","slug":"1861-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/struggles-1\/1861-2\/","title":{"rendered":"1861"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#B22222;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/RevJPBWilmer-370x600.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/RevJPBWilmer-370x600.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px 7px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 243px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\">Rev. J.P.B. Wilmer<\/span><\/span><\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#B22222;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;\">30 May 1861<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">The Rev. J.P.B. Wilmer reported for the committee on the division of the diocese to the convention.&nbsp; He moved that &quot;in the present <\/span>disturbed comdition of our country&quot; it was unlikely that any place in the diocese would be ready to form a new diocese and so moved that the committee be continued so it could report some time in the future.&nbsp; The convention adopted the report.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(178, 34, 34);\">30 May 1861 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/NewCastle-cropped.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/NewCastle-cropped.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px 7px; float: right; width: 150px; height: 304px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n\t<em><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\">Trinity, New Castle<\/span><\/span><\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\">Trinity Church, New Castle, Lawrence County. was admitted to union with the convention of the Diocese of Pennsylvania. <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"color:#B22222;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/BowmanConfirms.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/BowmanConfirms.JPG\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px 7px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 113px;\" \/><\/a>3 August 1861<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\">Confirmations by Bowman<\/span><\/span><\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Bishop Bowman collapses and dies on the way to the oil country parishes&nbsp; after doing visitations in Pittsburgh. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(178, 34, 34);\">24 October 1861 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/Stevens-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/Stevens-2.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px 7px; float: right; width: 150px; height: 113px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\">William Bacon Stevens was elected assistant bishop on the thirteenth ballot of the clergy and first by the laity.<\/span><\/span>\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\/struggles-1\/1850-2\/\">1850<\/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\/struggles-1\/1852-2\/\">1852<\/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\/struggles-1\/1853-2\/\">1853<\/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\/struggles-1\/1854-2\/\">1854<\/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\/struggles-1\/1855-2\/\">1855<\/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\/struggles-1\/1858-2\/\">1858<\/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\/struggles-1\/1859-2\/\">1859<\/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\/struggles-1\/1860-2\/\">1860<\/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\/struggles-1\/1861-2\/\">1861<\/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\/struggles-1\/1862-2\/\">1862<\/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\/struggles-1\/1863-2\/\">1863<\/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;\n<\/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<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<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\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<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\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<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\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<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\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<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\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<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rev. J.P.B. Wilmer 30 May 1861 The Rev. J.P.B. Wilmer reported for the committee on the division of the diocese to the convention.&nbsp; He moved that &quot;in the present disturbed comdition of our country&quot; it was unlikely that any place &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/struggles-1\/1861-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":465,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-393","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/393","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=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1869,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/393\/revisions\/1869"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}