John Croes
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John Croes was a Bishop in the Episcopal Church
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as a sergeant and quartermaster. He studied for the ministry of the Episcopal Church and was ordained deacon
by Bishop William White in Philadelphia, on February 28, 1790, and priest in March 1792. He was uniformly active and zealous in the service of the Church, in both diocesan and general conventions. He first served as rector of Trinity Church
, Swedesboro, New Jersey, and was called as rector of Christ Church, New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1801, and also served as principal of Rutgers Preparatory School
. He was elected bishop of New Jersey in the summer, and ordained Bishop of New Jersey in Philadelphia in November 1815. He is buried beneath the chancel of Christ Church, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...
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Biography
Croes served in the Revolutionary WarAmerican Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
as a sergeant and quartermaster. He studied for the ministry of the Episcopal Church and was ordained deacon
Deacon
Deacon is a ministry in the Christian Church that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions...
by Bishop William White in Philadelphia, on February 28, 1790, and priest in March 1792. He was uniformly active and zealous in the service of the Church, in both diocesan and general conventions. He first served as rector of Trinity Church
Trinity Church (Swedesboro, New Jersey)
Trinity Church is a historic church on the northwest corner of Church Street and King's Highway in Swedesboro, New Jersey ....
, Swedesboro, New Jersey, and was called as rector of Christ Church, New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1801, and also served as principal of Rutgers Preparatory School
Rutgers Preparatory School
Rutgers Preparatory School is a private, coeducational, university preparatory day school located in Somerset, New Jersey serving students in Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade...
. He was elected bishop of New Jersey in the summer, and ordained Bishop of New Jersey in Philadelphia in November 1815. He is buried beneath the chancel of Christ Church, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
External links
- Historical material by John Croes from Project CanterburyProject CanterburyProject Canterbury is an online archive of material related to the history of Anglicanism. It was founded by Richard Mammana, Jr. in 1999, and is hosted by the non-profit Society of Archbishop Justus...
- http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~lesk/church/