Bishop Samuel Seabury
(1729-1796)
first bishop of the church in America, 2nd Presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Episcopal bishop, and Bishop of the Episcopal Dioceses of Connecticut and Rhode Island
Died aged c. 67
Wikidata WikipediaSamuel 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.
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Commemorated on 2 plaques
This tablet is by permission of the authorities of this university erected by churchmen of Connecticut to preserve the memory of the place in Long Acre very near this spot where on the 14th November 1784 Samuel Seabury was consecrated the first bishop of the church in America.
Marischal College Quadrangle, East Wall, Aberdeen, United Kingdom where they was consecrated the first bishop of the church in America
John Skinner became minister of this congregation on 1774, coadjutor bishop in 1782 and Bishop of Aberdeen in 1786. He was primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church from 1788 until his death in 1816. The upper room of his house in Longacre was used as a chapel for almost twenty years and it was there on the 14th November 1784 that Samuel Seabury of Connecticut was consecrated bishop. Samuel Seabury was the first bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America and the first bishop outside the British Isles of the family of churches known as the Anglican Communion, in recognition of which this area is called Seabury Court.
21 Castle Street, Aberdeen, United Kingdom where they was consecrated the first bishop of the church in America