Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-20
BISHOPS READ
THEIR REPORTS
j pHf'iI.M
Large. Attendance at ses-
sions Of Episcopal Coun-
ell of Virginia
CHEERING EXHIBITS
Many Spectators Gather in oia
Christ Church 70 Witness Proceed
ings of the Assemblage.

Bishop Gibson yesterday Afternoon
read his annual report of visltationS
during the past year which are sum
married. as follows:-Eight clergy
men have received dismissory letters
to other dioceses, 8 have been received
into the diocese, one of them colored
during the past year. The number OF
/, combinations have been remarkably
large, the total number of these be-
ing 1904. Of these 917 have been
confirmed by Bishop Coadjutor Brown
and of the others number were con-
firmed by bishops who kindly helped
Bishop Gibson during his illness be-
fore the conservation of Bishop
Brown.
Bishop Brown next read his journal
of visitations, and at the end made
an appropriate allusion to his recep-
ton and his work in the diocese.
After the reading of the Bishops
annual reports the next order was
the election of the regular standing
committees of the various diocesan
organizations. The standing commit
tee itself was reelected as follows:
The Revs. Bergman Green, D. D., P.
P. Phillips, and ]. j. Gravatt, d. d.
Messrs. Arthur Herbert, John r. Zim-
norman, and Gardner L. Boothe.
The report of the standing commit
tee OF the diocese was then read by
the Rev. P. P. Phillips, the secretary
of the committee 1t showed that
four persons were recommended as
candidates for orders, now studying
at the Theological Seminary. Sever
persons are recommended for ordina,
ton diaconate, and s to the priesthood
one of them colored
Consent was given to the consecra'
tion of the Rev. William FrederlcE
Faber, D. D., as Bishop Coadjutor OF
Montana, the Rev. Thomas c. Darst
rector of St: James Church, Rich
mond, Va, as Bishop of East Caro-
lima, the Rev.; ;Walter;T. Summers, as
bishop of Oregon, the Rev. George
Coolidge Hunting ,as bishop of the
Missionary District of Nevada, the
Rev. Hiram Richard Hulse, as bishop
of the Missionary District of Cuba
the Rev. Herman Page, d. D., as Bish'
op of the Missionary District Of Spe,
kanes;the Rev. Paul Jones, as Bishop
Of the Missionary District of Utah
lnd the Rev.. George S. Bliss, D. D.
as Bishop Coadjutor Of Vermont. II
will be seen that there have beer
eight bishops consecrated during the
past year and two of these DR.
Darst and:Dr Hunting were gradu
ates of the Virginia Seminary.
The following were next elected as
clerical delegates to the Provincial
Synod to be held in the city 81
Richmond next fall, the Revs. Drs
Bergman Green; E. L. Goodwin, w
D. Smith, and J. J. Gravatt, the al
ternates being the Reys. Drs. Morri
and Bowie, and the Revs. Messrs
Burkhardt and Neve.,
Other general business was trans
acted when the hour of adjournment
six o'clock, arrived, the council takini
recess for dinner to meet at eigh
o'clock as a Board of Diocesan Mis-
sions.: At this meeting most help
full address was delivered by tn
Rev. Mr.. Cox, of East Carolina.
Second Day.
Thursday Morning Christ Churc
May goth, $50 o'colck.
The council opened with divine ser
vice by the Revs. F. E. Warren an
Thomas G. Faulkner, both of Rim
mond; Va. The Bishop took the ,chaii
! at 1915 O'Clock and the tellers the
announced the results Of the ballot
ing for lay delegates to the next Pre-
vincial Synod, which Bishop Gibso
reported to the council as follows
-Messrs. Robert Beverley, Judge ,
K. M. Norton, ]. Stewart Bryan, an
John B. Minor
The consideration of the budget ,
the diocese was then called for by Il