Hutchens Chew Bishop

Reverend Dr. Hutchens Chew (H.C.) Bishop (1859  - Mayu 17, 1937 ) firist ne na Episcopal wanda ya shafe mafi yawan aikinsa a Birnin New York. Ya kasance shugaban Ikilisiyar Episcopal ta St. Philip a Harlem na tsawon shekaru 47. Cocin shine mafi tsufa baƙar fata na Episcopal a New York. Cocin an kafa shi ne ta hanyar abolitionists waɗanda suka kafa dutse na farko a cikin 1819.

An haife shi a Maryland, ɗan William Henry Bishop III (1824-1906) da Elizabeth Chew Bishop (d. 1886), a cikin tsohuwar iyali mai daraja na Episcopal. Kakansa, William Bishop (1802-1870) yana ɗaya daga cikin mutane goma sha biyu mafi arziki a Annapolis .  Kakarsa ita ce Charity Folks, wata sananniyar mace ta Annapolis wacce ke zaune a can a matsayin dukiyar wani, bawa, da dukiyar da ke da 'yanci. A cikin zanga-zangar da ci gaba: Ikilisiyar Episcopal ta farko ta New York ta yi yaƙi da wariyar launin fata, marubucin John H. Hewitt ya rubuta, 



Shi ne dalibi baƙar fata na farko da aka shigar da shi a Babban Makarantar tauhidin New York. Ya kammala karatu a shekara ta 1881 kuma an naɗa shi a ranar 24 ga Afrilu, 1882.  Ya zama shugaban Cocin St. Mark a Charleston a 1883.  Hutchens ya bambanta da yawancin takwarorinsa na ministoci. Masanin tarihi William M. Welty ya yi sharhi cewa Bishop yaro ne na gari, wanda ya girma a cikin birni. Har ila yau, shi da iyayensa duk suna da 'yanci, kuma a matsayin ɗaliban baƙar fata na farko a makarantar tauhidi, an ilimantar da shi tare da fararen fata.

Ya auri Estelle Gilliam na New York, memba na ɗayan shahararrun iyalan baƙar fata, da kuma ikilisiyar St. Philip, a cikin 1885. 

A ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1886,  ya zama shugaban Cocin St. Philip a Birnin New York. Zai ci gaba a wannan rawar na shekaru 47 masu zuwa, har zuwa 1933.

Ɗansa, Shelton Hale Bishop (1889-1962), ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban cocin, tare da aiki mai daraja a kansa."Shelton Hale Bishop Collection - Biographical/Historical Information". 

A cikin 1910, Bishop ya yi aiki tare da shahararren ɗan kasuwa na Harlem John Nail don siyan ƙasa don St. Philip's. Masu siyar da fararen fata ba su da damar siyarwa ga baƙar fata, don haka Bishop ya wuce fararen don kammala siyarwar. Dukkanin ya sayi ƙasar don gina wurin da Cocin St. Philip yake a yanzu, tare da kadarorin gidaje 10.   Masanin gine-ginen Black na farko na jihar, Vertner Woodson Tandy, Bishop ne ya ba shi izini don tsara sabon ginin coci.
alt=1917 Negro Silent Protest Parade|thumb|350x350px|Sashe na Maza na Silent Parade, wanda Bishop, WEB Du Bois, James Weldon Johnson, da John Nail ke jagoranta.
A shekara ta 1917, Bishop ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban tarihin Silent Parade, tare da ɗan'uwan New York Rev. Dr. Charles D. Martin, wanda ya yi aiki azaman sakatare. Cocin Bishop, St. Philip's, ya yi aiki a matsayin cibiyar daidaitawa don ayyukan tsarawa. Ya yi tafiya tare da W.E.B. Du Bois, James Weldon Johnson, da kuma ɗan kasuwa John Nail . 


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