Horatio Potter
Horatio Potter (February 9, 1802 – January 2, 1887), was an educator and the sixth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.
The Right Reverend Horatio Potter D.D., LL.D., D.C.L. | |
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| 6th Bishop of New York | |
Potter | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | New York |
| Elected | September 29, 1854 |
| In office | 1854–1887 |
| Predecessor | Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright |
| Successor | Henry C. Potter |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | July 15, 1827 (deacon) December 14, 1828 (priest) by John Henry Hobart |
| Consecration | November 22, 1854 by Thomas Church Brownell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 9, 1802 |
| Died | January 2, 1887 (aged 84) New York City, US |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Joseph Potter & Anne Knight |
| Spouse | Mary Jane Tomlinson (m. 1827, d. 1847) Mary Atchison Pollock (m. 1849) |
| Children | 8. Two died in childhood. |
| Alma mater | Union College, Schenectady, New York |
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