William Pinkney papers, 1834-1883.

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William Pinkney papers, 1834-1883.

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Bishop Pinkney's career is thoroughly documented, beginning with his rectorships of Somerset Parish, Somerset County, 1835; St. Matthew's and Zion Parishes, Prince George's County, 1836-1857; and Ascension Parish, Washington, D.C., 1857-1872. Long a member of the Standing Committee, his papers are full of its business, especially concerning the clergy. After his election as Assistant Bishop, in 1870, Pinkney reported regularly to Bishop Whittingham on visitations throughout the diocese, recording much about parochial affairs during that decade. In 1879 he became Bishop of Maryland, and later correspondence increasingly shows Pinkney's activity as a convinced but moderate Low Churchman. In addition to diocesan and clerical matters, the Pinkney papers deal with such subjects as canon law, organizational problems, lay discipline, relations with the Methodists, collaboration and friendship with Bishop Whittingham, and family affairs. There are many reflections and sermons on conditions and events in the U.S. Correspondence about Civil War troubles includes Pinkney's refusal to give thanks for Union victories, 1862, and occupation of the Church of the Ascension in Washington by the Federal government. The archives also have printed sermons, addresses, and pamphlets by Bishop Pinkney, and his official journals, 1872-1883. Two record books concern examinations for orders, ordinations and institutions of clergymen, depositions, laying of cornerstones, and consecration of churches and burial grounds, one for 1870-1877, the other for 1870-1889 (continued by Bishop Paret).

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Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland

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Episcopal Church. Diocese of Maryland. Standing Committee

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Church of the Ascension (Washington, D.C.)

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Somerset Parish (Somerset County, Md.)

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Pinkney, William, 1810-1883

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Fifth Episcopal Bishop of Maryland. From the description of William Pinkney papers, 1834-1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 652753505 ...

Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Ascension Parish (Washington, D.C.)

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Episcopal Church. Diocese of Maryland. Bishop (1879-1883 : Pinkney)

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Whittingham, William Rollinson, 1805-1879

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William Rollinson Whittingham was born in New York City, N.Y., and graduated from the General Theological Seminary in 1825. He was ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1829 and became rector of Saint Mark's Church in Orange, N.J. Whittingham later served as rector of Saint Luke's Church in New York City, and in 1835 became a professor of ecclesiastical history at the General Theological Seminary. In 1840, he was elected Episcopal bishop of Maryland, the youngest American bishop to date, and served...

Zion Parish (Prince George's County, Md.)

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St. Matthew's Parish (Prince George's County, Md.)

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