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Pinkney, William, D.D., LL.D.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a Protestant Episcopal bishop, was born at Annapolis, Maryland, April 17, 1810. After graduating from St. John's College, in his native city, he became a rector in Somerset County in 1836, at Bladensburg in 1838, and at Washington in 1855; was consecrated assistant bishop of Maryland October 6, 1870, and became sole bishop October 17, 1879. He died July 4, 1883. Bishop Pinkney was decidedly evangelical.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Pinkney, William, D.D., LL.D.'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​p/pinkney-william-dd-lld.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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