Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date
16992	Certificate of Ordination as Priest - Willilam Thomas Manning	Object, Award, Achievement Certificate				1891	Certificate of Ordination as Priest - Willilam Thomas Manning Item: 16992    Object ID: 008.111.1 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Award, Achievement Certificate Date: 1891 Description: Certificate of ordination as Priest in the Episcopal Church, Diocese of California, for William Thomas Manning. December 12, 1891. Certificate is handwritten and bears the seal of the Diocese of California. Manning owned The Mount Desert House in Somesville, where he and his family summered. Manning later became Bishop of the Diocese of New York. From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008 | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: William Thomas Manning 1866-1949, American Episcopal bishop of New York, b. England, received his collegiate and theological training at the Univ. of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. Ordained a priest (1891), he served parishes in California, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee and taught dogmatic theology at the Univ. of the South before becoming rector of Trinity parish, New York City, in 1908. Manning was bishop of New York from 1921 until his retirement in 1946. [show more]

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