{"id":502,"date":"2015-05-25T14:55:32","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T14:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/?page_id=502"},"modified":"2022-01-20T19:33:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T19:33:37","slug":"1858-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/struggles-1\/1858-2\/","title":{"rendered":"1858"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><span style=\"color:#B22222;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/Potter4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/Potter4.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px 7px; float: left; width: 205px; height: 211px;\" \/><\/a>4 March 1858&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\">Bishop Potter informs the standing committee that his health requires he take an immediate leave from his duties.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><span style=\"color:#B22222;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\">26 May 1858&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\">A circular letter written by Bishop Potter is read to the convention.&nbsp; He asks for the election of an Assistant Bishop rather than a division of the diocese because he is not sure his health would allow him to properly serve the remaining diocese after division.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#B22222;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\">27 May 1858 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\">Trinity Church in Conneautville is admitted to union with the Diocese of Pennsylvania.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(178, 34, 34);\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\">28 May 1858 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/SamuelBowman.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/SamuelBowman.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px 7px; float: right; width: 150px; height: 181px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\">After fifteen ballots Samuel Bowman is elected Assistant Bishop.&nbsp; He is consecrated as a bishop 25 August 1858<\/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>4 March 1858&nbsp; Bishop Potter informs the standing committee that his health requires he take an immediate leave from his duties. 26 May 1858&nbsp; A circular letter written by Bishop Potter is read to the convention.&nbsp; He asks for the &hellip; 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