When was it published?

May 6, 1785 in Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Domestic News May 6, 1785

Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Q: What sub-type of article is it?

Politics, Religious Event, Appointment

Q: What keywords are associated?

Episcopacy Establishment, Connecticut Bishop, American Clergy Ordination, British Church Connection

Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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What is this article about?

The unexpected establishment of episcopacy in Connecticut, a New England province, interrupts the last connection to Great Britain by enabling ordination of American clergy within their own country, previously under the London diocesan jurisdiction.

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Among the extraordinary political vicissitudes lately bro't about by time and chance, who could believe, that episcopacy, in North-America, would be one? and yet mirabile dictu, so it is! and what adds to the marvel, so it is in the head quarters of free and independent church discipline, in one of the New-England Provinces in Connecticut

The establishment of a Bishop at Connecticut has this immediate consequence in respect to Great-Britain, this last remaining tie of connection is thus interrupted for ever, that the ordination of all the American clergy will now be carried on in their own country. Hitherto this office has been an appurtenance to the jurisdiction of the London diocesan.

What sub-type of article is it?

Politics Religious Event Appointment

What keywords are associated?

Episcopacy Establishment Connecticut Bishop American Clergy Ordination British Church Connection

Where did it happen?

Connecticut

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Connecticut

Outcome

ordination of american clergy will now occur in their own country, interrupting the connection to great britain's london diocesan jurisdiction forever.

Event Details

Extraordinary political changes have led to the establishment of episcopacy and a Bishop in Connecticut, headquarters of free and independent church discipline in a New England province, surprising given the context.