Newark post., 1920-10-20
MANY ATTEND
CONSIDERATION OF
NEW BISHOP
Large Local Delegation Sees
Impressive Ceremony on
Thursday

With impressive ceremonies and in
the presence of an immense congre-
cation, the Rev. Philip Cook, DID,, on
Thursday was consecrated bishop of
the Protestant Episcopal diocese of
Delaware. The conservation ceremony
took place in the Church of st. Mich
ael and All Angels, Twentieth and st.
Paul streets, Baltimore, of which DR..
Cook was rector when he was elected
bishop by the Delaware diocesan con-
vention on May II.
Bishop Cook is the fourth bishop of
the diocese of Delaware. His prede-
cessors in their order were Bishop
Frederick j. Kinsman, Bishop Leigh
ton Coleman and Bishop Alfred Lee.
DR.. Kinsman, who resigned as Bishop
and affiliated with the Roman Catholic
Church, was invited to today's conse-
Grafton ceremony. He sent note re-
GREETING his inability to be present.
Bishop Cook is the third successive
rector of the Church of ST. Michael
and All Angels to be elected to a Bis
hopric.
The conservation service began at
II o'clock. About 1000 persons were
in the Church, including large dele
cation of the clergy and laity from
Delaware.
Seven bishops participated inthe
impressive ceremonial of conservation,
and there was large attendance of
clergymen from practically every
church in the diocese of Delaware, and
from many churches in Baltimore and
nearby.
The consecrator was Bishop Daniel
S. Tuttle, of Missouri, presiding bish-
op of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
the Co-consecrators being Bishop John
G.. Murray of the diocese of Maryland
and Bishop Frederick F. Reese, of the
diocese of Georgia. Other bishops
who participated in the service were
Bishop Cameron Mann, of the diocese
of Southern Florida, whose reslS-nce
is at Orlando; Bishop nogers Israel,
of Erie, Pa; Bishop Charles F. Fiske,
of the diocese of Central New York;
Bishop Granville H. Sherwood, of the
diocese of Springfield, Ill. The Rev.
William E. Gardner and the Rev. H.
Percy Silver, of New York city were
the attending presbyters, and the Rev.
George F. Nelson, secretary of the
House of Bishops, was registrar. The
master of today's ceremonies was the
Rev. DR.. Frederick M. Kirkus, rector
of Trinity Church, Wilmington, his
assistant being the Rev. David D.
Allison, of Baltimore.
Bishop Mann, who preached the
conservation sermon, did so with more
than the usual pleasure that comes
with such an office, for his friendship
with Bishop Cooks book dates back
back to the latter's Doyhood days in
Kansas City. Bishop Mann ordained
the new bishop as deacon and priest,
and they served together in the mis-
sion field out west. Bishop Mann's
sermon was really an exposition of
the church's doctrine Of the "Apostlic
succession" which he said was "com-
monty regarded as a special charac-
teristic of our church, nnc almost as
commonly, though ignorantly and un-
justly regarded as matter trivial or
absurd"
The clergy and standing committee
of the Delaware diocese and the lay
deputies in the last diocesan conven-
tion had a part in the ceremonies to-
day.. The members of the standing
committee of the diocese are the Rev.
Benjamin F. Thompson, of Dover,
chairman; the Rev. F. w. Kirkus and
the Rev. R. w. Trapnell, of Whining
ton; Judge William H. Boyce, of Do
yer, and Captain Harry V. Lyons, of
Lewes.
Among those from St. Thomas
Parish who attended the ceremony
were Mr.. and Mrs. Walter G. Haupt,
Mr.. and Mrs. D. c. Rose, DR.. George
Harter, Mr.. and Mrs. d. Lee Rose, DR..
Walter Hullihen, Charles Colmary,
George Dobson, Mrs. ]. Pilling Wright
and Mrs. Ernest B. Wright.
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