William White

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Episcopal bishop human religious leader

William White was an influential early American Episcopal bishop and church leader who helped shape the post-Revolutionary Anglican tradition in the United States.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Episcopal bishop → human → religious leader →
appointed	Bishop of Pennsylvania →
burialPlace	Christ Church, Philadelphia →
consecratedAs	bishop →
consecratedBy	John Moore (Archbishop of Canterbury) →
consecrationDate	1787-02-04 →
countryOfCitizenship	Great Britain → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1748-04-04 →
dateOfDeath	1836-07-17 →
denomination	Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America →
educatedAt	College of Philadelphia → University of Pennsylvania →
endTime	1836 →
familyName	White →
givenName	William →
hasHonor	DD (Doctor of Divinity) →
hasRole	chaplain to the Continental Congress → chaplain to the United States Senate →
knownFor	helping organize the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States → serving as first and fourth Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (United States) → shaping post-Revolutionary Anglican tradition in the United States →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	American Philosophical Society → Episcopal Church (United States) →
notableWork	Memoirs of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America → The Case of the Episcopal Churches in the United States Considered →
occupation	bishop → clergyman → theologian →
participatedIn	American Revolutionary era religious reorganization →
placeOfBirth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania →
placeOfConsecration	Lambeth Palace, London →
placeOfDeath	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania →
positionHeld	Bishop of Pennsylvania → Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (United States) → Rector of Christ Church, Philadelphia → Rector of St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia →
religion	Anglicanism → Episcopal Church (United States) →
residence	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania →
sexOrGender	male →
startTime	1787 →
workedAt	Christ Church, Philadelphia → St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church →	firstHolder
Bishop White House →	namedAfter
Bishop White House →	residenceOf
Bishop White House →	resident
Bishop White House →	significantPerson