Evening star., 1898-10-21

ciared to be ''irrevocabie."
Bishop Nincent's episcopate has been full
of successes and development Serious IL
ness has impaired for time his ability for
wCrk.
Bishop Brooke.
The Right Rev. Francis Key Brooke, the
first missionary bishop of Oklahoma, son
of distinguished clergyman of the do
cese of Ohio, the Rev Professor John
Thomson Brooke. DID, was born in Gam
bier. Ohio, November ., 1852.
He was graduated at Kenyon College
in 1874 He was ordained to the diaconate
in Christ Church. Cincinnati, November 21
1910. by Bishop Jaggar who priested him
in Christ Church. Springfield Ohio. May
g. 1871 His early ministry was spent in
his native state rector successfully at
Grace, College Hill Christ, Portsmouth
St James, Piqua, and Grace, Sandusky.
From 1886 to 1883 he was rector of ST.
Peters, St Louis, and from 1888 to 1892 of
Trinity. Atchson. Kan. His ministry was
marked with success. He was a trustee
first of Kenyon and later of Bethany Col
lege. In the Kansas Theological School he
was lecturer on apologetcS and ethics.
When chosen by the church in general
convention to the missionary episcopate he
was dean of the northeast cOnvocatio of
Kansas. and an honorary canon of the
cathedral. He received his divinity doc
torate from the Kansas Theological School
lSg2
ne was c0nSecT3teQ on the teaSt OF the
Epiphany. January g. 1893. at Grace Cathe-
dral. Topeka. Kan, by Bishops Tuttle,
Pierce, Spalding. Jaggar. Thomas, Ken
drick, Graves and Atwill. The general
convention of 1895 changed his style to
bishop of Okla hnms aud Indian terri
tn-y-
bishop WOrthingtOn.
The Right Rev. George Worthington the
successor of Ciarkson in the see of Ne
H. 1910
He was graduated at Hobart College in
the class of 1860 and at the General Theo-
logical Seminary in 1863. He was admit
ted to the diacOnate in the Church of the
Annunciation, New York. June %, 1863, by
Bishop Horatio Potter, who advanced aim
to the priesthood in the Church of the
TRANSPORTATION, January -, 1S6i. His suc-
cessive charges We're St. Pauls, Troy, N.
Y. assistant; Christ Church, Baliston
Spa, n. Y, and St. Johns, Detroit. Mich.
At St. Johns he remained for seventeen
years. minstering to an attached and de-
voted cOngrega ton, and having one of the
largest cOmmunicant lists in the church.
While exercising his priesthood under
circumstances of such an exceptional char
aCter he a deputy to the general con-
ventiOn from Michigan. the president of
the standing committee and examining
chaplain Of the bishop, and a leader in all
church activities in the city and in The
diocese. During the vacancy of the see.
1STS-79. he was twice nominated by the
clerical vote to the episcopate of Michi-
gan. but the laity failed to confirm this
choice. In 1855 the house of bishops ap-
pointed him missionary bishop to China.
but he declined this election. as he did
that uf the diocese of Nebraska in 1884.
DIR. Worthington received his degrees in
divinity ard laws from Hobart College.
Later he accepted the Nebraska see and
was consecrated i'll his parish church in
Detroit, February q, 1ss5. by Bishops
Coke, Hare, Gillespie. McLaren. Perry
Seymour, Harris and H. c. Potter His
administration has been marked by great
development. Its rapid growth led to the
creation in 1889 out of the western part of
the diocese, of the missionary jurisdiction
of the Platte.
Bishop Niles.
The Rt Rev. William Woodruff Niles
the successor of Carlton Chase in the see
of New Hampshire, native of the
province of Lower Canada now Quebec
having been born in Hatley. May "a. 1892
He graduated at Trinity College,
1851, and completed his course of theolog-
ical study at the Berkeley Divinity School
1851 He was ordered deacon in the Church
Of the Holy Trinity. MiddletOwn, May %,
1861. by Bishop John Williams. He was
priested May a. 1862, in St. Philips Wis
casset, Me, by Bishop Burgess. His alma
mater made him a tutor directly on his
graduation and he was also instructor in
the Hartford f1lSn SClDOI 1Or three years
His first ministerial charge was St Philips,
WiScasset In 1864 he was appointed pro-
fessOr of the Latin language and literature
in Trinity College, which position he held
until his election to the episcopate. From
1865 To 1870 he added to his PROFESSIONAL du-
ties the charge of ST. Johns Church, Ware
house Point.
He was consecrated in st. PauTs Church,
Concord y. H, September u 1870 by
Bishops BOsworth Smith J. William, Nicely
Bissell and Doane. together with the bishop
of Quebec. DR.. James William Williams.
He received the dOctorate in divinity from
Trinity College the year Of his consecra-
ton, and later from Dartmouth.
Bishop Niles has witnessed an unwonted
development in staid old New England
see. In the molding and shaping of st.
Pauls School. Concord, N H.. he has with
its founder. DR.. Shattuck of Boston. and it's
late head. the Rev. DR.. Colt, done a noble
work for the church.
Bishop Watson.
Right Rev. Alfred Augustin Watson,
bishop of east Carolina. was born in the
city of New York. August y, 1913.
He graduated at the University of
New York in 1881. Devoting himself to
the study of law, he was admitted in 1871
to practice in the supreme court of his ma
tive state. After years successful effort
he turned his attention to the sacred min
istry, and having taken a fun course of
study he was admitted to the diaconate
in st. AIMS Church, Brooklyn November
3 1914. by Bishop B. T. Onderdonk He
was priested by Bishop Ives in ST. Johns
Fayetteville, n. c., May -, 1S4J. The first
fourteen years of his ministry were spent
a. Grace Church. Plymouth. and st. Luke's
Washington county. y. c. In 1888 he ac-
cepted the rectorship of Christ Church.
Newbern, y. c. AT the breaking out of
the civil war he became chaplain to the
2d Regiment Of the state troops At the
close Of the strife he accepted the posi-
ton of assistant TO Bishop Atkinson, who
was the rector of St. James Church. Will
mington. In 1864 he succeeded to the rec
torship and continued in this post until
elected to the epscopate. He received the
doctorate in divinity from the University
of North Carolina in 1868. He was a mem
Der of the standing committee of the do
ceSe and deputy to the general conven-
tions for many years.
He was cOnsecrated in his parish church
at Wilmington. April il. 1884 by Bishops
Green, Neely w. B. W. Howe Lyman, Sey-
mour and Randolph.
bishop Hare.
Right Rev William Hobart Hare, bishop
or South Dakota, was born at Princeton,
n. J., May II. 1898. He was prepared for
college at the Episcopal Academy of Phila-
delphia, where he was graduated with the