New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-10
OBITUARY
Bishop OH W. Whitaker Dies IN
Philadelphia.

'p,n.d.lphia, Feb. a-The Right Rev. VI
". whitaker. bishop OF the
Episcopal diocese OF Pennsylvania a'eu ~
his residence here 1T noon TO-DAY
We had been In feeble health TOT iohs
time and death was due principally 10 e1'
b.rs,,on following a. severe attack OF grlF
80 90 old age. Had he lived. until May H.
p,ehon whitaker would have been eighty'
one years old
The serious turn In his illness came aoou'
a week ago. He showed slight improve
men, al times until late lest night "hen
he fell into a sleep from which ne couio
no, Ne awakened DR.. John II. Givin, his
attending physician, said thar desth was
neaceful and without pain. AZ MS oeu-
side when he passed away we're TWO hleces
and other relatives. His wife dieo IN june
1908.
The funeral will be held on Monday after
noon a. the Church Of the Saviour. burla
will he made In the graveyard OF inc
Church OF ST. James the Less, "heEe inc
body OF his wife rests.
Ry right OF succession the Right Rev
Alexander Mackay-Smith. the coadJutatoI
bishop. becomes bishop upon the death OF
Bishop Whitaker
Rishon Mackay-Smith is said TO be the
yeal,hiest clergyman in the Episcopal
Church IN this country. He was born IT
New Haven. IN 1850 is graduate OF ST
Paurs school, Concord, y. H.. and OF
Trinity College, Hartford. From 1877 &c
1880 he was attached 20 Grace Church
South Boston.
Bishop Whitaker was the oldest bishop
but one In the American Episcopal Church
He was born on May 10. 1890 The Oldest
bishop iE the Right Rev. Charles c. T
Grafton, Bishop OF Fond du Lac, who wa:
born In Boston on April IL. 1880.
OF ". Whitaker. pioneer bishop ol
Nevsd la, best known In recent years a:
Bishop Of Pennsylvania, vas born st Salem
Mass, IN 1880. ard educa ted at Middlebury
College, W Not until he was thirty die
he decide on ministerial career. Mean
while he taught school, and vas FOR time
principal OF tire high school al North Brook
field, Mass.
In 1869. after completing his studies a
the General Theological Seminary and be
ing ordained as sub-deacon in Grac,
Church, Boston, he entered the priesthood
and began his work IN the new field o
Nevada. 81. Johns Chapel, In the litu'
mining settlement OF Gold Hill. was the
scene Of his nrst labors. He had been II
Nevada only two years, however when NJ
accented call 20 st. Pauls Church, En-
glewood, y. J. But the lure OF the Yves
WAS strong, md two years later he wen
back, this time as rector OF st. Paul
Church at Virginia City. In 1868 he VA
elected missionary bishop Of Nevada am
eonsecrated In New York City.
His WORK among the miners and othe
pioneers OF Nevada proved 20 be an admira
ole preparation for his future work II
Pennsylvania The bishop % that dioces'
needed an assistant, one qualified to worl
among the miners OF the coal regions. VI
1856 Bishop Whitaker Was accordingl.
elected assistant bishop o. PENNSYLVANIA
ami when Bishop stevens died, IN 1887, m
succeeded MIN as head OF TIE diocese.
Bishop Whitaker was always friend o
the workingman. His stand Ia favor o
the philadelphia car strikers year ago haf
considerable influence. He also did muci
toward ending the labor troubles o. 1886
In 1898 he attended the third Pan Anglican
Congress In London. His only published
works are volumes OF sermons Under mt
administration the work Of the Episco
pal Church III Pennsylvania fourishe'
greatly. Two years ago he began 10 los
mis- eyesight ard last year ne was oblige'
to delegate most Of MS duties 70 Bisho
CoadJutOr Alexander Nackay Smith.
Bishop Whitaker was an intimate frien'
o. Archbishop Ryan, head OF the Roma
Catholic Church Ia Pennsylvania. who hs
also been critically III FOR some time. Bsho
Whitaker was predecessor Of Archbishop
RYAN Oh TIE Indian Commission.