Horatio Potter

The brother of Alonzo Potter , he was born in Beekman, New York , on 9 February 1802 . He graduated at Union College in 1826 , was ordained priest of the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1828 , was Rector for several months in Saco, Maine , and from 1828 to 1833 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Washington College (now Trinity College ), Hartford, Connecticut .

From 1833 to 1854 he was rector of St. Peter's Church , Albany, New York . In November 1854 he was elected provincial bishop of New York in place of Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk ( 1791 - 1861 ), who had been suspended, and upon Onderdonk's death he became Diocesan Bishop .

In 1868 his diocese was divided, the new dioceses of Albany , Central New York and Long Island being separated from it. Bishop Potter attended the Lambeth Conference s of 1867 and 1868 . His failing health put an end to his active service in 1883 , when his nephew, Henry C. Potter , became his assistant. He died in New York City on 2 January 1887 .

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