The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-01
RIsROP eREER's ASSISTANT.


W. afBu1 - tu0 EoEtE88t00s
To rss IprroR OF TEE sUS-sw. oo
Wednesday. November .. tho annual COO
vention Of the Protestant Episcopal Cnurrt
OF the diocese Of Nov York viii assembl.
and II ID understood that white Bishop Greer
will oppose any attempt -, divide the dto-
cese tAs Bishop Potter objected In his dar,.
he viii AJAX the convention TO elect SUI.
frasAn.- according to tho canon passed =,
Cincinnati . short time ago. This su1rAsAa
assistants OF former years or the coadjutor
Of tho present time. he will not be able 70
claim succession
The diocese Of New York In its conpar~.
lively short history Of . century and a guar
tar has had q varied sxpsrsencs with assist.
ant Btshops. In 1901 DR.. BENJAMIN Moor.
was elected an assistant Bishop to Bishon
Provost. In 1871 DR. Hobart was chosen
a coadjutor- TO Bishop Moore. During
the Indefinite suspension of Bishop Onder
donk. DR.. Wainwright was elected pro.
visioBal BISHOP and &C hts death BIshop
Horatio Potter became provisional until
Bishop Oederdouk's death. In iss1 DR.
Henry Potter. rector Of Grace Church. va,
elected assistant Bishop to his uncle. and
In 100? DIR. Grcsr. who had declined ths
blshopric OF Rhode Island and also tina, II
Western Massachusetts,. accepted IN el~c.
ton A. -coadjutor- to Bishop Potter. In
each OF these cases the Bishop elected had
the right or succession. which will he not
the case with sunrasans elected under tho
new canon. but they can BE- reelected Bishop.
OF their own diocese or OF any other Tor
rectly speaking. the Bishops Of province
arc all sufYragans OF the Metropolitan or
Archbishop. The new snffrasan Of New
York will be practically . rural Bishop, or
the same a the Choir piscopus Of the ancient
church. which was abolished by the I oun,ll
Of Laodicea. A. d. 3si.
In the Church Of England they have siYr,.
sans. who are not entitled 10 succeed IN.
ney became Bishop OF London. In tho
diocese Of Manchester there are two ri'.
fragans and one assistant Bishop. In tn.
diocese OF Hereford there IL one assistant
Bishop and no suffragan. In Truro there
10 Bishops commissary. who IL practI-
cally an assistant. In the Roman Catholic
Church there are bishops auS iliaries. vho
have not the right OF succession. bnt thew
are frequently made the diocesan. as in the
case Of Archbishop Farley Of New York
For some reason Bishop Greer has o..
jectsd to q coadjutor. The objection 70
. snfraRan IL that he win be a subordinate
ruler, and consequently the rector Of
large church 10 not likely TO take the pos.
ton. IL will be remembered that n-
Greer refused '~o bishoprics. and Il was
only when DR.. ic:x. representing the High
Church party. ans Dr. Huntin xton, repre-.
ssnting the Broad asd Low. nominated hirn
that he was willing To accept. The ad.
vantage Of the coadjutor Bishop was that
az the untimely death Of Bishop Potter IN.
WORK Of the diocese under Bishop Greer went
on smoothly.
The cisrgymen mentioned by one 81
your correspondents 40 suitable for . rif.
fragan are men who have been only
short time in the ministry. The Rev Or.
Slattsry. the rector Of Grace Church. would
be a very suitable selection II he would
take tho subordinate position. He 10 in
the very prime Of life. He 10 = graduate
OF Harvard University and has received
q theological education at Cambridge. He
10 unmarried. DIR. GrOsvenor OF the Church
Of tho Incarnation. New York. 10 q pNs-t.
bility. He obtained about eighty votes whom
Bishop Greer was elected. and he 10 popular
with tho laity. ID. D.. LII. ID.
BnooKLYN Octobsr 81