The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-29

The WY . BAshOp 10 ExcommunlsateA
To rs. PAsooaIAL CLnKar or ras Dioouss OF
RRvzBBND AND DEAR BRsTHRs~-
Rave just received the following communication
from the PresidDg Bishop, and request you to aid
me in discharging the duty imposed upon me, by
reading, or causing to be read to your respective
congregations, upon some early occasion OF public
worship, the sentence Of deposition pronounced
Your faithful friend, and servant in the Church,
IONA. NJ. Wainwright Pro. Bishop.
New York, December. 1853.
HARrFoRp, Dec. IL, 1853.
To the Rs. Rev. JONATHAN NJ. WAN v RIGHT, d. D.,
Pursuant to the order Of the House OF Bishops, I
transmit to you the 70 lowing resolution, together
with true & the 70 SSH Rss sssS
On motion Of the Bishop OF Tennessee seconded
by the Bishop Of Missouri
Resolved, That the Presiding Bishop be respect
fay requested to furnish each Bishop Of the Church
havsg charge Of docess, with an attested copy Of
the sentence Of deposition pronounced upon the Rt.
Rev Dr. Ives and that it shall be the duty OF every
kuch Bishop to cause said sentence to be publicly
read In each congregation of his diocess by the re-
spective ministers thereof.
T.C BRowNsLL, Presiding Bishop.
Attest, LRwIs T. w. BALoH, Secretary.
Whereas, Levi Silliman Ives, D. D., Bishop Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United State In
the Dioce@ Of North Carolina, In communication
under his proper hand, bearing date, Rome, Dec.
~, 1852" avowed his purpose to resign his "oice
= Bishop Of North Carolina" and further declared
that he was determined to make his submission to
the Catholic" (meaning the Roman) Church,"
And whereas there Is before the Bishops OF the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States,
acting under the provisions of first Of 1853
satisfactory evidence thai the said Levi Slman Ives
DID,, has publicly renounced the Communion OF the
Church, and made his submission to the Bishop Of
Rome as Universal Bishop Of the Church Of
God, and Vicar OF Christ upon earth, thus
imp nf
that Bishop, thereby violating the VOWS SOL
emily made by him, the said Levi SiIlimau
Ives, D. D., at his conservation as a Bishop Of the
Church Of God abandoning that portion Of the flock
Of Christ committed to his oversight, aud binding
himself under anaihema TO the anti Christian doc
tnes and practices imposed by the Council Of Trent
upon all the churches Of the Roman obedience:
Be it therefore known That on this fourteenth dsv
eight hundred and fifty three, l, Thomas Church
Brownell, DID,, LID, by Divine permission Bishop
OF the Diocess OF Connecticut, and Presiding Bishop
Of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United
States, with the consent Of majority Of the MEM
beers of the House of Bishops, hereinafter enumer
ated, to wis, William Meade, DID,, Bishop OF the
Diotees Of Virginia John Henry Hopkins, DID,,
BishoP Of the DiOGsss Of Vermont; Benjamin Bos.
Charles Petit Mclvaine, DID,. Del, Bishop Of the
Diocess Of Ohio; George Washington Doane, ID,
LID, Bishop of the Diocess Of New jersey; James
Herey Otey, D D., Bishop Of the Docess Of Tennes.
Wisconsin and the Northwest; Samuel Allen Nc
Coskry, DID, DOL, Bishop of the Diocess Of
Michigan; William Hesthcote De Lsncey, DID,,
LID, DOL, Bishop of the Diocess of Western New
York; William Robinson Nottingham, d D., Bishop
of the Diocess of Maryland Stephen Elliott, Jr,
DID,, Bishop OF the Diocess of Georgia Alfred
Lee, DID, Bishop of the Diocess Of Delaware;
John Johns ID, Assistant Bishop Of the Dio,ess
of Virginia; Manson Eastburn, D d., Bishop Of the
Dlocess Of Massachusetts; Cation Chase, DID,,
Bishop of the D ocess Of New Hampshire; Nicholas
Hammer Cobbs, ID d, Bishop Of the Diocess Of Ala
hama; Cicero stephens Hawks, DID Bishop of the
Diccess Of Missouri; George Washington Freeman,
ID, Missionary Bishop Of the Southwest; Alonzo
Potter DID,, L. D.. Bishop Of the Diocess Of Penn
sylvania; George Burgess, DID,, Bishop OF the Did,
cess OF Maine; George Uphold, DID,, Bishop of the
Diocess Of Indiana; William Mercer Green, d D.,
Bishop of the Diocess Of Mississippi; Francis Huger
Rutl.dge, DID Bishop of the Diocess Of Florida;
John Williams, ID D., Assistant Bishop Of the Docess
OF Connecticut; Henry John Whixhouse, DID,,
Bishop OF the Diocess Of Illinois, and Jonathan May
hew Wainwright, DID,, DOL, Provisional Bishop
sf the Docess Of New York. and In the terms Of tie
canon in such case made and provided, do pronounce
the said Levi Silman Ives, DID,, ipso fdcfo deposed
to all intents and purposes from the Office Of
Bishop in the Church OF God and from all the
rights, privileges, powers and diyniies thereto
pertaining.
In the name Of the Father. and Of the Son, and Of
the Holy Ghost, Amen.
THONAs CaURCH BROwNELL,
Bishop OF the Diocess of Connecticut and Presiding
Bishop,