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Christ Reformed Episcopal Church (Chicago)
Christ Reformed Episcopal Church was a church in Chicago that became a founding member of the Reformed Episcopal Church (REC) in 1873. From around 1860 until its demolition in 1920, the church occupied a Victorian Gothic building on Michigan Avenue (Chicago), South Michigan Avenue. In addition to its role in REC history, the church was also noted for its Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany stained glass windows, many of which survived in different locations. History Christ Church was founded as an Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal congregation in the then-fast-growing frontier city of Chicago around 1855. According to news sources in the 1890s, its building at South Michigan Avenue and 24th Street was built about 1860. Also in 1860, a newly ordained Episcopal priest named Charles E. Cheney was called as rector. Cheney was part of the Low church, low-church Evangelicalism in the United States, evangelical party in the Episcopal Church and objected to the then-ascendant Anglo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reformed Episcopal Church
The Reformed Episcopal Church (REC) is an Anglican Church. It was founded in 1873 in New York City by George David Cummins, a former bishop of the Episcopal Church (United States), Protestant Episcopal Church. The REC is a founding member of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), and its four U.S. dioceses are member dioceses of ACNA. The REC and ACNA are not members of the Anglican Communion. The REC is in communion with its sister church the Free Church of England. It is also in communion with the Church of Nigeria, and the Anglican Province of America. Due to the death of Royal U. Grote Jr. in 2016, the then Vice President of the Reformed Episcopal Church, Ray Sutton became the Presiding Bishop of the REC. At the 55th General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church in June 2017 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA, Sutton was elected to be the Presiding Bishop, and David L. Hicks, Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of the North East and Mid-Atlantic, was elected as vice-president, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bangs
George Bangs (February 26, 1826 – November 17, 1877) was an American businessman who began his adult life working in private ventures including printing, shoes, farming and journalism before becoming postmaster of Aurora, Illinois, in 1861. During his postal career, he worked with the Railway Mail Service (RMS). There he improved the mail sorting system on trains and was the most prominent advocate of "fast-mail" express mail trains. In 1871, as the RMS General Superintendent, he oversaw the start of the "fast-mail" service which began in 1875. The next year he resigned after Congress cut funding. He died in 1877 and was remembered with an elaborate grave marker denoting his contribution to the postal service. Early life Bangs was born in Milan, Ohio to Samuel and Electa (née Adams) Bangs. His heritage is traced back seven generations to Edward Bangs, a Plymouth Colony settler who arrived in 1623 on the ''Anne'', the second ship to arrive in Colonial America after the ''Mayfl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
