George David Cummins
George David Cummins (born December 11, 1822 in Smyrna , Delaware , † June 26, 1876 in Lutherville , Maryland ) was an American bishop and the founder of the Reformed Episcopal Church .
Life
Cummins graduated from Dickinson College in 1841 . In 1845 he was ordained a deacon and in 1847 he was ordained a priest . After serving as rector of the Episcopal Parishes in Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC, and Chicago, he was named Auxiliary Bishop of Kentucky to the Episcopal Church on November 15, 1866 . Cummins was ordained bishop on November 15, 1866 by John Henry Hopkins , Benjamin Bosworth Smith and Henry Washington Lee .
A staunch supporter of Reformed doctrine, Cummins came into opposition to the influence of ritualism and the Anglo-Catholic Oxford movement in the Episcopal Church. On November 10, 1873, he announced his resignation from the Episcopal Church, founded the Reformed Episcopal Church in New York City on December 2, 1873 and consecrated Charles Edward Cheney as the second bishop of the new Church on December 14, 1873 . On June 24, 1874, the Episcopal Church officially deposed him.
Cummins married on June 24, 1847 and had several children with Alexandrina Macomb.
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| SURNAME | Cummins, George David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Smyrna, Delaware |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1876 |
| Place of death | Lutherville , Maryland |