Samuel Provoost
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 209 years ago |
Date of birth | March 11,1742 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | New York |
United States | |
Date of died | September 6,1815 |
Died | New York |
New York | |
United States | |
Place of burial | Trinity Church Cemetery |
Successor | William White |
Consecration | February 4, 1787 |
Parents | John Provoost |
Education | Peterhouse, Cambridge |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Ordin | March 25, 1766; by Edmund Keene |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 2528516 |
Samuel Provoost Life story
Samuel Provoost was an American Clergyman. He was the first Chaplain of the United States Senate and the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, as well as the third Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA. He was consecrated as bishop of New York in 1787 with Bishop William White.