Word: churches
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...long been trying to get a bishop coadjutor. Five men they asked and were five times refused.* Last week they found a man who would accept. Unlike the previous five selected he was right there in Pennsylvania. He was Dr. Francis M. Taitt, rector of St. Paul's Church, Chester...
...acceptance was announced to the press. It appeared to most observers that the potentates of the Pennsylvania diocese had made sure in advance, this time, that they would not be met with refusal. There was virtually no debate before the election. Dr. Louis C. Washburn, rector of Old Christ Church, Philadelphia, and nominator of Dr. Taitt, mentioned a letter circulated among deputies to the convention. Bishop Garland interrupted: "There must be no references to letters, to caucuses held by laity or clergy, or to newspaper reports. If there are such references I will have to speak some plain words...
...first served as an assistant at Old St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, then was rector of Trinity Church, Southwark, for five years. Since 1892 he has been rector of the Chester Church. In 1904 he was elected missionary bishop to South Dakota but declined the position because he wished to stay in Philadelphia with his ill mother. He is not married...
Restlessly Apostolic Delegate Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores awaited at the President's Palace, Chapultepec, last week. Pope Pius XI's final word on the settlement of Mexico's three-year-old Church v. State feud...
...Partial or low-church Nudists exist who hold out for gee-strings...