Potter, Henry Codman, 1834-1908
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Episcopalian bishop.
Bishop of New York.
Epithet: Bishop of New York
Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of New York.
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Author and clergyman; Bishop of New York.
Henry Codman Potter (1834-1908) was an American Episcopal bishop. He served as rector of Christ Church in Greensburg, Pennsylvania (1858-1859) and of St John's Church in Troy, New York (1859-1866). He was secretary of the House of Bishops (1866-1883), assistant rector of Trinity Church, Boston (1866-1868), rector of Grace Church, New York City (1868-1884), and in 1887 he succeeded his uncle, Horatio Potter, as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.
Potter was known for his interest in social reform and in politics. In addition to his work assisting missions on the east side of New York City, which continued even after he became a bishop, he frequently assisted in settling labor disputes and was outspoken in his criticism of Mayor Robert Van Wyck for his affiliation with Tammany Hall.
He was also a productive author; among his works are Sisterhoods and Deaconesses at Home and Abroad (New York 1871); The Gates of the East, a Winter in Egypt and Syria (1877); Sermons of the City (1881); Waymarks (1892); The Scholar and the State (1897); Addresses to Women engaged in Church Work (1898); The East of To-day and To-Morrow (1902); The Citizen in his Relation to Industrial Situation (1902); Law and Loyalty (1903); Modern Man and his Fellow Man (1903); and Reminiscences of Bishops and Archbishops (1906).
[Portions of this biographical sketch adapted from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica (online edition).]
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