Samuel Provoost

The Most Reverend Samuel Provoost
3rd Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
Samuel Provoost
Church	Episcopal Church
In office	1792–1795
Predecessor	Samuel Seabury
Successor	William White
Other post(s)	Bishop of New York (1787-1815)
Orders
Ordination	March 25, 1766 by Edmund Keene
Consecration	February 4, 1787 by John Moore
Personal details
Born	March 11, 1742 New York City, Province of New York, Kingdom of Great Britain
Died	September 6, 1815(1815-09-06) (aged 73) New York City, New York, United States
Buried	Trinity Church Cemetery
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	John Provoost and Eva Rutgers
Spouse	Maria Bousfield ​ (m. 1766)​
Alma mater	King's College, New York
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Samuel Provoost (March 11, 1742 – September 6, 1815) was an American Clergyman. He was the first Chaplain of the United States Senate and the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, as well as the third ^[1] Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA. He was consecrated as bishop of New York in 1787 with Bishop William White.^[2] He was the first Episcopal Bishop of Dutch and Huguenot ancestry.