Samuel Seabury


Samuel Seabury
2nd Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
ChurchEpiscopal Church
In office1789–1792
PredecessorWilliam White
SuccessorSamuel Provoost
Other post(s)Bishop of Connecticut (1784-1796)
Bishop of Rhode Island (1790-1796)
Orders
OrdinationDecember 23, 1753
by Richard Osbaldeston
ConsecrationNovember 14, 1784
by Robert Kilgour
Personal details
BornNovember 30, 1729
Groton, Connecticut (originally North Groton - now within the town of Ledyard)
DiedFebruary 25, 1796(1796-02-25) (aged 66)
New London, Connecticut, United States
BuriedSt. James Episcopal Church (New London, Connecticut)
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsSamuel Seabury & Abigail Mumford
SpouseMary Hicks
Children5
Alma materYale College
University of Edinburgh
Sainthood
Feast dayNovember 14
Venerated inChurch of England Episcopal Church Anglican Church in North America
Ordination history of
Samuel Seabury
History
Diaconal ordination
Ordained byJohn Thomas, (Lincoln)
Date21 December 1753
PlaceFulham Palace
Priestly ordination
Ordained byRichard Osbaldeston, (Carlisle)
Date23 December 1753
PlaceFulham Palace
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorRobert Kilgour, (Aberdeen)
Co-consecrators
Date14 November 1784
PlaceBishop John Skinner's house, Longacre, Aberdeen

Samuel Seabury (November 30, 1729 – February 25, 1796) was the first American Episcopal bishop, the second Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, and the first Bishop of Connecticut. He was a leading Loyalist in New York City during the American Revolution and a known rival of Alexander Hamilton.