Consecration As The First Bishop of Albany
He was consecrated as a bishop in the Church of God in his own parish church, St. Peter's, on the Feast of the Purification, February 2, 1869. —George Lynde RichardsonHis consecrators were:
- Right Reverend Horatio Potter, Bishop of New York
- The Right Reverend William H. Odenheimer
- The Right Reverend Henry A. Neely.
William Croswell Doane was the 92nd bishop consecrated in the Episcopal Church.
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