Synopsis of "The Wandering Life of William Henry Cooper, 1814-1892", Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society, 1994 October:
"A description of the life and ecclesiastical career of William Henry Cooper (1814-1892) who was ordained to the diaconate in Halifax by Bishop Charles Inglis in 1845. In 1846 he was ordained to priesthood in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, where he served in a number of parishes until 1853 when he and his family left to take up an appointment in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. After a few weeks, however, the family left to take up a call "by the missionary society of the Episcopal Church to lay the foundation for work in Rio de Janeiro, an appointment made because of Cooper's familiarity with Spanish and hence with some knowledge of Portuguese" (p. 105). After enduring a storm and shipwreck on the way, Cooper and his family returned to New York and he took up a series of parishes in the American mid-west. Cooper was a lifelong Evangelical who became increasingly concerned about the influence of the Oxford Movement on the American church. He resigned his ministry in 1871. "Cooper claimed to be one of the promoters and pioneers of the Reformed Episcopal Church although that body was not formally set up until 2 December 1873 in New York. He thought of his 'proprietary' Emmanuel Church in Chicago as the first church of the new denomination" (p. 108). "Because of his family connections and his educational background Cooper maintained an interest in Canada. In 1870 he and a daughter journeyed from Chicago as far as Montreal. Here he was hospitably entertained by William Bond, then Rector of St. George's Church, Montreal, with whom he had gone on a fishing expedition at Petty Harbour in youthful Newfoundland days" (p. 109). Cooper died in Chicago on 4 July 1892."
"A description of the life and ecclesiastical career of William Henry Cooper (1814-1892) who was ordained to the diaconate in Halifax by Bishop Charles Inglis in 1845. In 1846 he was ordained to priesthood in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, where he served in a number of parishes until 1853 when he and his family left to take up an appointment in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. After a few weeks, however, the family left to take up a call "by the missionary society of the Episcopal Church to lay the foundation for work in Rio de Janeiro, an appointment made because of Cooper's familiarity with Spanish and hence with some knowledge of Portuguese" (p. 105). After enduring a storm and shipwreck on the way, Cooper and his family returned to New York and he took up a series of parishes in the American mid-west. Cooper was a lifelong Evangelical who became increasingly concerned about the influence of the Oxford Movement on the American church. He resigned his ministry in 1871. "Cooper claimed to be one of the promoters and pioneers of the Reformed Episcopal Church although that body was not formally set up until 2 December 1873 in New York. He thought of his 'proprietary' Emmanuel Church in Chicago as the first church of the new denomination" (p. 108). "Because of his family connections and his educational background Cooper maintained an interest in Canada. In 1870 he and a daughter journeyed from Chicago as far as Montreal. Here he was hospitably entertained by William Bond, then Rector of St. George's Church, Montreal, with whom he had gone on a fishing expedition at Petty Harbour in youthful Newfoundland days" (p. 109). Cooper died in Chicago on 4 July 1892."
Synopsis of "The Wandering Life of William Henry Cooper, 1814-1892", Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society, 1994 October:
"A description of the life and ecclesiastical career of William Henry Cooper (1814-1892) who was ordained to the diaconate in Halifax by Bishop Charles Inglis in 1845. In 1846 he was ordained to priesthood in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, where he served in a number of parishes until 1853 when he and his family left to take up an appointment in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. After a few weeks, however, the family left to take up a call "by the missionary society of the Episcopal Church to lay the foundation for work in Rio de Janeiro, an appointment made because of Cooper's familiarity with Spanish and hence with some knowledge of Portuguese" (p. 105). After enduring a storm and shipwreck on the way, Cooper and his family returned to New York and he took up a series of parishes in the American mid-west. Cooper was a lifelong Evangelical who became increasingly concerned about the influence of the Oxford Movement on the American church. He resigned his ministry in 1871. "Cooper claimed to be one of the promoters and pioneers of the Reformed Episcopal Church although that body was not formally set up until 2 December 1873 in New York. He thought of his 'proprietary' Emmanuel Church in Chicago as the first church of the new denomination" (p. 108). "Because of his family connections and his educational background Cooper maintained an interest in Canada. In 1870 he and a daughter journeyed from Chicago as far as Montreal. Here he was hospitably entertained by William Bond, then Rector of St. George's Church, Montreal, with whom he had gone on a fishing expedition at Petty Harbour in youthful Newfoundland days" (p. 109). Cooper died in Chicago on 4 July 1892."
"A description of the life and ecclesiastical career of William Henry Cooper (1814-1892) who was ordained to the diaconate in Halifax by Bishop Charles Inglis in 1845. In 1846 he was ordained to priesthood in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, where he served in a number of parishes until 1853 when he and his family left to take up an appointment in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. After a few weeks, however, the family left to take up a call "by the missionary society of the Episcopal Church to lay the foundation for work in Rio de Janeiro, an appointment made because of Cooper's familiarity with Spanish and hence with some knowledge of Portuguese" (p. 105). After enduring a storm and shipwreck on the way, Cooper and his family returned to New York and he took up a series of parishes in the American mid-west. Cooper was a lifelong Evangelical who became increasingly concerned about the influence of the Oxford Movement on the American church. He resigned his ministry in 1871. "Cooper claimed to be one of the promoters and pioneers of the Reformed Episcopal Church although that body was not formally set up until 2 December 1873 in New York. He thought of his 'proprietary' Emmanuel Church in Chicago as the first church of the new denomination" (p. 108). "Because of his family connections and his educational background Cooper maintained an interest in Canada. In 1870 he and a daughter journeyed from Chicago as far as Montreal. Here he was hospitably entertained by William Bond, then Rector of St. George's Church, Montreal, with whom he had gone on a fishing expedition at Petty Harbour in youthful Newfoundland days" (p. 109). Cooper died in Chicago on 4 July 1892."
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