The Diocese of Western New York

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Excerpt from The Diocese of Western New York: History and Recollections I have attempted to write the story, in outline, of the " Diocese of Western New York, " by which I mean the (Protestant Episcopal) Church in the western half of the State of New York, front Utica west to Buffalo, set off in 1S38 as a new Diocese front the original one com prising the whole State. This new Diocese was divided again thirty years later, the eastern half of it being erected into the present Diocese of Central New York. The story is naturally divided into four periods. I Missions to the Iroquois Indians, prior to the beginning of settlement by whites in 1784-5. II The Diocese of New York, 1785 to 1838. III The original Diocese of Western New York. 1838 to 1868. IV The present Diocese, from 186S to 1896. The story of the first period, of 170 years, is a very short one, and has little to do with the later history. That of the second is mainly the short but brilliant and fruitful Episcopate of Bishop Hobart, 1811-30. The third period is nearly coincident with the no less remarkable work of Bishop De Lancey, 1539-65. The last covers nearly all that of Bishop Coxe, 1865-96. Each of these three great Bishops left, as we shall see, a permanent impress on the growth and character of the Church in Western New York, and its history is largely their biography. The book has been written at the oft-repeated request of the late Bishop Coxe, and of many other persona! friends, mostly from materials gathered during many years. I have ventured to call it "history, " but perhaps a more descriptive title would be "historical materials (or facts), and recollections, " the little rills, as they have been aptly called, which make the larger streams of history. For one thing I have to apologize, - the attempt to write at all the story of an Episcopate so recent and of such manifold aspects as that of Bishop Coxe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.