ACNS : Anglican Communion News Service : Scottish Episcopalians celebrate Anglican Communion origins

Notes: On 14 November 1784, Samuel Seabury, elected to be Bishop of Connecticut in the United States, was consecrated by three bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church after being refused consecration by the Church of England. "On 14 November 2003 -- the 219th anniversary of the consecration of Samuel Seabury -- the present Bishop of Aberdeen and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Most Reverend Bruce Cameron, visited Peterhead and laid a wreath on the grave of Bishop [Robert] Kilgour, Bishop of Aberdeen and Primus at the time when Samuel Seabury was consecrated". "The consecration of Bishop Seabury in Aberdeen by three Scottish Bishops was the beginning of the worldwide Anglican Communion".

Subjects: Seabury, Samuel, 1729-1796; Scottish Episcopal Church - History; Episcopal Church - History; Anglican Communion - Bishops