The Episcopal Church (also officially known as the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America) is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States (including its unincorporated territories.  The Episcopal Church describes itself as being "Protestant, Yet Catholic". In 2010, the Episcopal Church had a baptized membership of 2,125,012 both inside and outside the U.S. In the United States, it had a baptized membership of 1,951,907, making it the nation's 14th largest denomination.

The Church was organized shortly after the American Revolution when it was forced to separate from the Church of England, as Church of England clergy were required to swear allegiance to the British monarch. It became, in the words of the 1990 report of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Group on the Episcopate, "the first Anglican Province outside the British Isles".

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PREFACE xiii

INTRODUCTION xvii

CHAPTER I.—The Church Militant 21

CHAPTER IL—Planting of the Church in the United States

Part I.—The Church of England 30

Part II.—The Church in America 68

Part III.—The Church in Pennsylvania 87

Part IV.—The Diocese of Pennsylvania 95

Part V.—The Diocese of Pittsburg 101

CHAPTER III.—The Diocese of Central Pennsylvania

Part I.—Its Formation 106

Part II.—Topography and 'Geographical Extent. . . 110

CHAPTER IV.—The Bishops of the Diocese

Part I.—The Rt. Rev. Mark Antony DeWolfe

Howe, D.D., LL.D 194

Extracts from the Bishop's Addresses 214

Part II.—The Rt. Rev. Nelson Somerville Rulison, D.D 216

Extracts from the Bishop's Addresses 227

Part III.—The Rt. Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, D.D., LL.D 230

Extracts from the Bishop's Addresses 241

CHAPTER V.—Biographical Notice of Clergymen, Laymen

and Laywomen:

Part I.—Biographical Notice of Clergymen 243

Part II.—Deceased Clergymen 304

Part III.—Deceased Laymen 320

Part IV.—Deceased Laywomen 357

CHAPTER VI.—Parishes and Missions 370

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CHAPTER VII.— Institutions Within the Diocese:

Part I. — Lehigh University 711

Part II. — Yeates School 733

Part III.— St. Luke's Hospital 746

Part IV. — Church Home for Children 753

Part V.— Leonard Hall 765

Part VI.— Selwyn Hall 769

Part VII. — Bishop Thorpe Manor 776

Part VIII. — Minor Institutions 785

CHAPTER VIII.— Cathedral Organization and Epis-

copal Residence :

Part I. — Cathedral Organization 788

Part II. — Episcopal Residence 810

CHAPTER IX.— The Standing Committee 814

CHAPTER X.— The Board of Missions 837

CHAPTER XL— Archdeaconries :

Part I. — Convocations 871

Part II. — Archdeaconries 874

Part III. — The Reading Convocation 878

Part IV. — The Reading Archdeaconry 879

Part V. — The Harrisburg Convocation 883

Part VI. — The Harrisburg Archdeaconry 884

Part VII. — The Williamsport Convocation 887

Part VIII. — The Williamsport Archdeaconry. . . . S88

Part IX. — The Scranton Convocation 892

Part X. — The Scranton Archdeaconry 893

CHAPTER XII.— The Woman's Auxiliary :

Part I. — The Central Pennsylvania Branch of the

Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions. . 898

Part II. — The Woman's Auxiliary of the Diocese

of Harrisburg 926

CHAPTER XIII.— The General Missionary 9

CHAPTER XIV.— The Deaf-Mute Mission 9.39

CHAPTER XV.— The Incorporated Trustees of the

Diocese 947

CHAPTER XVI.— The Christmas Fund 98.S

CHAPTER XVII. — The Convention and Episcopal

Fund, and The Diocesan Fund:

Part I. — The Convention and Episcopal Fund.. 100.3

Part II. — The Diocesan Fund 102-5

CHAPTER XVIII.— The Secretary of Convention.. 10.33

CHAPTER XIX.— The Chancellor of the Diocese :

Part I. — Of Central Pennsylvania 1048

Part II.— Of Harrisburg 10.57

CHAPTER XX.— The Registrar of the Diocese:

Part I. — Of Central Pennsylvania 1059

Part II. — Of Harrisburg 1062

CHAPTER XXL— Diocesan Publications:

Part I. — Diocesan Missionary Paper 1064

Part II. — The Church Chronicle 1004

Part III. — The Diocesan Record 1065

Part IV. — The Harrisburg Churchman 1066

CHAPTER XXII.— Episcopal Relief:

Part I. — Bishop Coadjutor 1070

Part II. — Division of the Diocese 1087

CHAPTER XXIIL— The Diocese of Harrisburg 1102

CHAPTER XXIV.— The Rt. Rev. James Henry Dar-

lington, Ph.D., D.D., LL.D 1107

Extracts from the Bishop's Addresses 1115

CHAPTER XXV.— Biographical Notice of Clergymen,

and Laymen :

Part I. Biographical Notice of Clergymen.... 1117

Part II. — Deceased Clergymen 1154

Part III. — Deceased Laymen 1160