1787 - 1786 – Diocesan Convention elects William White as first bishop of Diocese of Pennsylvania
Diocesan Convention elects William White as first bishop of Diocese of Pennsylvania
In 1787 the Rev. Dr. William White, Rector of Christ Church, Philadelphia, was consecrated at Lambeth Palace, London. He thereby became the first Bishop of Pennsylvania and the second bishop (after Bishop Samuel Seabury of Connecticut) in the newly formed Episcopal Church of the United States.
