Henry C. Lay

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The Right Reverend Henry Champlin Lay (December 6, 1823 – September 17, 1885) was a bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

He was consecrated as missionary bishop of the Southwest, with jurisdiction in "Arkansas, the Indian territory, Arizona and New Mexico" on October 23, 1859. He was translated to the Episcopal Diocese of Easton as its first bishop, beginning service on April 1, 1869.

References

History of Talbot county, Maryland, 1661-1861, Volume 1 By Samuel Alexander Harrison

External links

Documents by and about Lay from Project Canterbury

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Name	Lay, Henry Champlin
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Short description	American bishop
Date of birth	December 6, 1823
Place of birth
Date of death	September 17, 1885
Place of death

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