25 September 1835 A.D. Jackson Kemper Consecrated—Episcopal “Missionary” Bishop
25 September 1835 A.D. Jackson Kemper Consecrated—Episcopal “Missionary” Bishop Graves, Dan. “Frontier Bishop Jackson Kemper.” Christianity.com. Jul 2007. http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1801-1900/frontier-bishop-jackson-kemper-11630437.html . Accessed 23 May 2014. Brethren, we are assembled, under the protection of Almighty God, to partake in, or to witness, the consecration of a missionary bishop. It is a new office in this Church. The event has not occurred before. What we are now to do will go on record, as a precedent..." With these words, George Washington Doane, a Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church signified the importance of events taking place in St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia. On this day, Friday, September 25, 1835 , elderly Bishop William White, George Washington Doane and several other bishops consecrated Jackson Kemper for work on the American frontier. Jackson...