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About Samuel Provoost
Samuel Provoost was an American academic and Anglican minister. He was the first chaplain of the United States Senate and the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, as well as the third presiding bishop consecrated for the Episcopal Church of the United States. He was consecrated as bishop of New York in 1787 along with William White, bishop of Pennsylvania. He was the first Episcopal bishop of Dutch and Huguenot ancestry.
Everything about Samuel Provoost →- Occupation
- Christian minister, Anglican priest
- Position held
- bishop
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- 1742
- Died
- September 6, 1815, 1815