The times., 1898-10-21
-FOUR new BISHOPS NAMED
Two of Them Natives of Vir-
ginia.
TUESDAY THE LAST DAY
In the House of Deputies There
Was More Debate on the Subject
of Canons and Constitutional Law
The Dean of Hereford, England,
Present.

Present.
The making of bishops was the feature
OF the triennial Episcopal convention in
session at the Church OF the Epiphany
yesterday. At the morning session of the
House of Bishops three nominations of
missionary bishops were reported TO the
House of Deputies for election, one bish-
on for a foreign country was reported to
the presiding bishop for conservation, and
in the afternoon a fifth name, TO NIL the
missionary Jurisdiction of Asheville, N
C., was reported to the house from the
committee. TO be formally nominated per-
haps today.
II was also decided yesterday afternoon,
the House of Bishops concurring in res
olution adopted by the House of Depu-
ties, that the convention should adjourn
on next Tuesday, the pastoral letter to be
delivered in the church al o'clock in the
evening The standing committee on the
pastoral letter reported yesterday
through its chairman, Bishop Wilmer, of
Alabama.
The names reported from the commit
the bishops in St. Johns Church yester-
day morning, Immediately after a pri-
vate communion service which was held
at o'clock The action of the house was
not made public until just before the ad-
journment for recess, however, when it
was reported to the House of Deputies.
The nominations for the missionary juris-
dictions were as follows:
For the missionary Jurisdiction of Boise,
the Rev. James Funsten Bowen, of Vir-
ginia. TO be missionary bishop.
For missionary bishop of the missionary
Jurisdiction of North Dakota, the Rev.
Samuel Cook Edsall, of Illinois.
For missionary bishop of the mission
airy jurisdiction of Sacramento, the Rev.
William Hall Moreland, of California.
Bishop for Brazil.
The name of the Rev. Lucien Lee Kin
solving brother of Bishop Kinsolving, of
Texas, was presented to the presiding
bishop for conservation as bishop for the
United States of Brazil, with the approval
of the majority of the house.
The latter nomination was made in ac-
cordance with resolution adopted by the
House of Bishops Wednesday in response
10 a petition from members Of the Angli-
Fan Church in Brazil. asking that bishop
from the American church be appointed
to exercise Episcopal supervision over the
congregations in that country. There are
twelve congregations. most of them in
the state of Rio Do Sol not remotely sep
arated from each other and presided over
by a few American clergymen and several
natives. who have been ordained by the
English bishop of the Falkland Islands
Vf.NfR r1asa h
visited them.
The new bishop, for his conservation is
regarded as certain, is a native of Lap-
doun County, Va, where he was born in
1862 He is as stated. a brother of Bishop
Kinsolving and another brother, the Rev.
Arthur b. Kinsolving, is a prominent
Brooklyn clergyman. He has been en-
gagged in church work in Brazil and was
the choice of the members Of the church
of that country for conservation in case
the petition was granted by the Bishops
of the United States.
Bishop Funsten is also a native of Vir-
ginia. having been born in Clarke County,
in the heart OF the beautiful Shenandoah
Valley. He is graduate of the Univer-
sity of Virginia, and was ordained to the
diaconate in 1852, becoming priest in
1855. He is rector of Trinity Church. in
Portsmouth in the diocese of Southern
Virginia.
Bishop Edsall is Westerner, having
been born in Dixon, Ill. He graduated
from the Racine College in 1885, and en-
tered upon the practice of law, but after
ward took a course in the Western Theo-
logical Seminary, and began church work
as a lay reader in Chicago mission He
is an energetic clergyman, and has been
very successful in church work.
Bishop Moreland was born in Charles
ton, S. c, and was educated at the Uni
.Ns,s,,
deacon in 1854, and priest in 1885. He is
now rector OF st. Luke's Church in San
Francisco. and is clerical deputy from the
diocese of California to the present con-
vention.
The AsheyiIIe Diocese.
The bishop who will probably be named
today is TO take charge OF the missionary
Jurisdiction of Asheville, N. c., famous
as the home of George Vanderbilt. Three
years ago Asheville was separated from
the diocese of North Carolina and SCI
apart as a missionary Jurisdiction. but nC
bishop was appointed, the bishop of the
diocese of North Carolina exercising su.
pervision over 1t. In the early part of the
session, however the bishops took up the
question, and yesterday 1t was decided tc
nominate bishop for the diocese.
AT the afternoon session yesterday ar
ticles / and of the constitution. passed
by the House of Deputies. were adopted
and the resolution of the lower house il
reference to the peace memorial of this
Car of Russia was concurred in. Tht
resolution expressing the qualification o
the delegates to the convention at tht
peaceful relations between England anC
America and at the attitude of the for
rner country toward this during the wal
with Spain, was also adopted, with sligh
notifications
The report of the standing committee OF
American Episcopal churches on the con
tinent of Europe was presented and adopt
ed, and other minor routine business wa:
disposed of.
HOUSE OF DEPUTIES.