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Domestic News January 15, 1831

New Hampshire Statesman And Concord Register

Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire

What is this article about?

Statistical overview of the Episcopal Church in the United States: 530 clergymen including 10 bishops (one elected but unconsecrated), with many in educational roles such as 8 college presidents, 22 professors, 73 seminary principals, and 6 chaplains. Source: Albany Church Register.

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EPISCOPALIANS. In the Episcopal Church

of the U. States there are 530 clergymen.—

Ten are Bishops, and the others priests and

deacons. There is also one bishop elected not

yet consecrated. Eight are Presidents of Colleges,

or preside over collegiate institutions under other

names, as principal, provost, &c. Twenty-two are

professors in Colleges, Theological Seminaries,

and other public institutions. Six are chaplains in

the service of the United States or in some corporate

establishment. Seventy-three are principals of Academic

Seminaries of learning, and besides those engaged

as principals, many others are engaged in teaching a

part of the time, in connexion with parochial duty.

Albany Ch. Register

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Religious Event Education

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Episcopal Church Clergy Statistics Bishops College Presidents Professors Seminaries Chaplains

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United States

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United States

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In the Episcopal Church of the U. States there are 530 clergymen. Ten are Bishops, and the others priests and deacons. There is also one bishop elected not yet consecrated. Eight are Presidents of Colleges, or preside over collegiate institutions under other names, as principal, provost, &c. Twenty-two are professors in Colleges, Theological Seminaries, and other public institutions. Six are chaplains in the service of the United States or in some corporate establishment. Seventy-three are principals of Academic Seminaries of learning, and besides those engaged as principals, many others are engaged in teaching a part of the time, in connexion with parochial duty.

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