Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . f Pennsylvania, and was annually re-elected till 1830, when he declined further re-elec-tion. In the same year (1823) he was chosen secre-tary to the house of bishops, and re-elected bythem to the office in 1826. In 1827 he was calledto St. Thomass church, New York, the wardenscoming to Philadelphia to deliver the call in per-son. But he deemed it his duty to remain wherehe was. In the same year, though not quite thirtyyears of age, Mr. De Lancey was unanimouslyelected provost of the University of Pennsylvania,which had somewhat declined. At the re
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . f Pennsylvania, and was annually re-elected till 1830, when he declined further re-elec-tion. In the same year (1823) he was chosen secre-tary to the house of bishops, and re-elected bythem to the office in 1826. In 1827 he was calledto St. Thomass church, New York, the wardenscoming to Philadelphia to deliver the call in per-son. But he deemed it his duty to remain wherehe was. In the same year, though not quite thirtyyears of age, Mr. De Lancey was unanimouslyelected provost of the University of Pennsylvania,which had somewhat declined. At the request ofBishop White and Horace Binney, Mr. De Lancey,though he much preferred to continue in hischosen profession, accepted the office. This wasthat old college in Philadelphia founded byBenjamin Franklin, Chief-Justice Allen, and othernoted men of that day. He also received (in 1827)the degree of D. D. from his alma mater, beingthe youngest person upon whom, up to that time,that honor had been conferred. He remained DE LANCEY DB LANCEY 131. Ifr^fy- gi^d^a^ou/ provost five years, and, having brought the uni-versity back to a prosperous condition (taking itwith 21 students and leaving it with 125), re-signed, to resume his profession. In 1833 he waselected (the three united churches being separatedin that year) assistant minister of St. Peters church, Philadel-phia, with the re-version of the rec-torship upon thedeath of BishopWhite, who wascontinued rectorof all three. Thatevent occurred in1836, and Dr. DeLancey contin-ued rector of ,when, upon thedivision of thediocese of NewYork, then em-bracing the wholestate, he was elect-ed bishop of west-ern New York,that half of the state west of a north-and-southline just east of the city of Utica. He was con-secrated at Auburn in the new diocese on 7 May,1839, Bishop Griswold, of Connecticut, being theconsecrator, assisted by Bishop George W. Doane, ofNew Jersey, and Bishops Henry R. Onderdonk andBenjamin T. Onderdo
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