The Right Reverend George Worthington,
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WORTHINGTON, George, second bishop of Nebraska and 138th in succession in the American Episcopate, was born in Lenox, Mass., Oct. 14, 1840. He was graduated from Hobart college, A.B., 1860, A.M., 1863; and from the General Theological seminary, New York city, in 1863. He was ordained deacon in June, 1863, and ordained priest in 1864; was assistant at St. Paul's church, Troy, N.Y., and rector of Christ church, Ballston Spa., N.Y., and of St. John's Detroit, Mich., 1868-85. He declined the appointment of missionary bishop of Shanghai in 1883, and was twice elected to the episcopate of Michigan, but the laity refused to confirm him. He was elected bishop of Nebraska to succeed Bishop Clarkson, deceased, and was consecrated in St. John's church, Detroit, Feb. 24, 1885, by Bishops Coxe, Hare, and McLaren. Hobart gave him the honorary degree of S.T.D. in 1876 and that of LL.D. in 1885.
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