Edgar Philip Prindle Wadhams
Edgar Philip Prindle Wadhams (born May 21, 1817 in Lewis , New York , USA ; † December 5, 1891 in Ogdensburg ) was Bishop of Ogdensburg .
Life
Edgar Philip Prindle Wadhams was a deacon of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America . On June 6, 1846 , Wadhams converted to the Roman Catholic Church . He received the sacrament of ordination for the diocese of Albany on January 15, 1850 . Edgar Philip Prindle Wadhams became Rector of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Albany and Vicar General of the Albany Diocese.
On February 15, 1872, Pope Pius IX appointed him . to the bishop of Ogdensburg. The Archbishop of New York , John McCloskey , donated him episcopal ordination on May 5 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Burlington , Louis De Goesbriand , and the Bishop of Boston , John Joseph Williams .
Edgar Philip Prindle Wadhams took part in the Provincial Council of the Ecclesiastical Province of New York in 1883 and in the Plenary Council of Baltimore in 1884 .
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Bishop of Ogdensburg 1872-1891 |
Henry Gabriels |
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| SURNAME | Wadhams, Edgar Philip Prindle |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American clergyman, Bishop of Ogdensburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lewis , New York , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 5, 1891 |
| Place of death | Ogdensburg |