The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
BISHOP WANTS COADJUTOR FOR THIS DIOCESE. Rt. Rev. c. B. Brewster Seeks This As Means For Re-
 lieving Pressure. OTHER PLANS FOR
 SAME OBJECT FAIL Head of Diocese Here For Din-. ner of United Vestries
 Next Monday.

Right Rev Chauncey B. Brewster,
 bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Connecticut, may take advantage Of
 the opportunity afforded blythe Get Together dinner of the united vestries
 and other laymen, at the Atlantic ho-- . tel here next Monday, to ask for the
 creation of the position of bishop CO., adjutor for this diocese.
 The Farmer is reliab1yAinformed 1 that Bishop Brewster is seriously con-
 sidering the project of neelxing coad- tutor, and 1t is regarded as likely
 among some of the leading Episcopal
 churchmen here that the banquet will be the occasion of his making formal announcement Of his wishes in this
 matter. A bishop coadjutor is really i an associate bishop and has the right
 of succession, on the death or resigna- tion of the senior bishop. I Not long ago, Bishop Brewster ask ed for a division of the diocese, com
 prising the entire state of Connecticut. His convention of clergy and 1aity
 united1y rejected his request, although admitting that the work was altogeth- CT too much for one man. Thereupon he asked for a Bishop Sslffragau." A bishop suffraEan is merely a bishops } assistant, with onerous duties, few 1 privileges and no right of succession. The convention elected the Rev. J. Chauneey LinsIey to that office. pr.
 
 the election
 At the following convention, held a flew months ago, the convention again turned down Bishop Brewster's request for division of the diocese.
 The defeat was accomplished through the 1aymen of the diocese, swayed by Ia speech of Burton Mansfield, the well
 known attorney of New Haven; the tcIergy, this time, being in favor Of fdivision. Another clergyman was AeIected bishop sunragan, the Rev. pr. !. Samuel Drury. rector of St. Paufs I School, Concord, Mass. Quite as wisely and even more promptly, Drs Drury enphaticaIly declined the elec- Ition.
 I Bishop Brewster is to be the first speaker at the e"Get Together Dinner Of the united vestries and other Epfs- copaI 1aymeE, together with all the I clergy Sof Brid dgeport and vicinity, due next Monday, February 23. in the Att l1antic hotel, at 700 D. m. Whether l the bishop at the banquet will broach I the subject of bishop coadjutor is I not known; but he will have certain fwords of great importance to speak ito his clergy and Iaity. And the oc- lcasion will be one of great significance and weight to Episcopal churchmen. l For the committee of arrangements,
 Judge Robert B. DeForest, of DeFor- est & Klein, and MT. Felix Meigs of IMeigs & Co.,, announce that dinner tickets are limited in number to the size of the banquet hall; also that, for this reason, Episcopal clurchmen who desire to attend had better ap- ply promptly to either of these gem ttIemen. = The. Rev. Dr. Eugene J. v. Huiginn, zl who is to preside as toastmaster, will arrive Monday afternoon, Feb. 23rd, be the guest of the committee and de- part probably on Tuesday morning, for his home in Beverly Mass. BiaE1Op i Brewster also will arrive, the same af- Iternoon, from Hartford, and the Rev. pr. Edward Campion Acheson from his home fn Middletown, Conn. Fred R. Johnson, of the department of char T ities will also speak. Dr. E.. c. Ache son will introduce and discuss the all- I important topic of Church Unity which in view of the existing effort of all religious Christian bodies to get I together, will be of utmost interest