Background
Samuel McCoskry was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on November 9, 1804.
Samuel McCoskry was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on November 9, 1804.
He attended the United States Military Academy for two years, then graduated from Dickinson College in 1825. Was ordained deacon and priest in 1833 in Christ Church, Reading, Pennsylvania.
After serving as rector of Saint Paul"s Church, Philadelphia, for two years, he was elected first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan and was consecrated at Saint Paul"s on July 7, 1836. McCrosky resigned in 1878, citing ill health, but allegations of moral misconduct came to light, and he fled to Europe. The House of Bishops was unable to investigate McCoskry because of his absence, so it voted to depose him on the grounds of abandoning his diocese.
McCoskry was deposed on December 3, 1878, and died August 1, 1886.
Consecrators
The Most Reverend Henry Ustick Onderdonk, 2nd bishop of Pennsylvania
The Right Reverend George Washington Doane, 2nd bishop of New Jersey
The Right Reverend Jackson Kemper, missionary bishop to Northwest.