Samuel Bowman was an American suffragan Episcopal Bishop of Pennsylvania, United States.
10 Facts About Samuel Bowman
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Samuel Bowman was educated at the Academy of Wilkes-Barre and, while he was initially inclined toward the practice of law, Bowman soon changed his studies toward the church.
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Samuel Bowman returned to Lancaster in 1827 to serve at St James Church in that town, assisting the rector there until his death in 1830, at which time Bowman became rector.
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Samuel Bowman was first married to Susan Sitgreaves of Easton, with whom he had three children, one of whom died young.
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In 1845, the clergy elected him Bishop of Pennsylvania, but when the laity refused to concur, Samuel Bowman acquiesced in the nomination of Alonzo Potter, who was eventually chosen.
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In 1847, Samuel Bowman was elected Bishop of Indiana, but he declined the appointment, preferring to remain in Lancaster.
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Samuel Bowman was consecrated a suffragan Bishop of Pennsylvania in 1858, and this appointment he accepted.
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Samuel Bowman was the 64th bishop in the ECUSA, and was consecrated in Christ Church, Philadelphia, by Bishops Jackson Kemper, William Heathcote DeLancey, and Alfred Lee.
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Samuel Bowman threw himself immediately into his work, but his episcopate was brief.
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Samuel Bowman lingered behind, and was later found dead along the tracks, either of apoplexy or a heart attack.