. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . he became rector of St. Peters church, Al-bany, N. Y., and held that post till 1854, when hewas elected provisional bishop of the diocese ofNew York, and consecrated in Trinity church on22 Nov. of that year. On the death of Bishop On-derdonk in 1861, he became bishop of the 25th anniversary of his consecration was cele-brated on Saturday, 22 Nov., 1879, by services inTrinity church, andon the followingTuesday by a recep-tion in the Academyof music, at whichdeputations fromthe other dioceses inthe state of NewYork were present,and add
. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . he became rector of St. Peters church, Al-bany, N. Y., and held that post till 1854, when hewas elected provisional bishop of the diocese ofNew York, and consecrated in Trinity church on22 Nov. of that year. On the death of Bishop On-derdonk in 1861, he became bishop of the 25th anniversary of his consecration was cele-brated on Saturday, 22 Nov., 1879, by services inTrinity church, andon the followingTuesday by a recep-tion in the Academyof music, at whichdeputations fromthe other dioceses inthe state of NewYork were present,and addresses weremade by William and JohnJay. The bishopslast public servicewas held, 3 May,1883, at the end ofa long and fatigu-ing visitation, afterwhich he was pros-trated by an attackof pneumonia from which he never rallied. He died at his residence,after being confined to his room three years andeight months. When Bishop Potter came to hisdiocese it was in a state of great depression anddisquiet, owing to the controversies that resulted. 88 POTTER POTTER from the trial and suspension of his predecessor.(See ONDERDONK, BENJAMIN T.) His administrationresulted in the restoration of order, quietness, andpeace, and in great development and the notable events in his episcopate wasthe subdivision in 1868, when the dioceses of LongIsland and Albany were set off. He was amongthe chief members of the house of bishops, andtook an active part in the Lambeth conference- inSeptember, 1867, and July, 1878. He entered zeal-ously into the measures that had for their objectthe reunion of the dioceses that had been separatedtemporarily from each other during the civil war,and was among the prominent figures in the gen-eral convention at Philadelphia in 1865, at whichthe southern bishops, appearing in the persons oftwo representatives, were received with general andenthusiastic rejoicings, and without conditions orquestions, or allusion to the past. Bishop Potterwa- a man
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