Henry C. Potter

The Right Reverend

Henry Codman Potter
7th Bishop of New York[2]
ChurchEpiscopal Church[3]
DioceseNew York
ElectedSeptember 27, 1883[4]
In office1883–1908[5]
PredecessorHoratio Potter
SuccessorDavid H. Greer
Orders
OrdinationOctober 15, 1858 (priest)[6]
by Samuel Bowman
ConsecrationOctober 20, 1883.[7]
by Benjamin B. Smith
Personal details
Born(1834-05-25)May 25, 1834
DiedJuly 21, 1908(1908-07-21) (aged 74)
Cooperstown, New York, United States[8]
BuriedCathedral of St John the Divine, New York City[9]
DenominationAnglican[1]
ParentsAlonzo Potter
and Sarah Maria Nott[10]
SpouseEliza Rogers Jacob (m. 1858, d. 1901)[11]
Elizabeth Scriven (m. 1902)[12]
EducationAcademy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the City of Philadelphia[13] and Virginia Theological Seminary[14]

Henry Codman Potter (May 25, 1834 – July 21, 1908) was a bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States. He was the seventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. Potter was "more praised and appreciated, perhaps, than any public man in New York City's long list of great citizens".[15]

  1. ^ a b White (2002), 21.
  2. ^ Hodges 1915.
  3. ^ a b Hodges (1915), 11.
  4. ^ Hodges (1915), 124.
  5. ^ Hodges (1915), 126. 379.
  6. ^ Hodges (1915), 33, 41.
  7. ^ Hodges (1915), 126.
  8. ^ Hodges (1915), 379.
  9. ^ Hodges (1915), 380.
  10. ^ Hodges (1915), 10-11.
  11. ^ Potter, Henry Codman.
  12. ^ Sheerin (1933), 169.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference academystamp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Hodges (1915), 26.
  15. ^ Sheerin (1933), 177.