John Croes
John Croes | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of New Jersey | |
 | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | New Jersey |
| Elected | August 30, 1815 |
| In office | 1815–1832 |
| Successor | George Washington Doane |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | March 4, 1792 by William White |
| Consecration | November 19, 1815 by William White |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 1, 1762 |
| Died | July 26, 1832 (aged 70) New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States |
| Buried | Christ Church, New Brunswick, New Jersey |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Jacob Croes & Charlotte Christiana Feigart |
| Spouse | Martha Crane |
| Children | 8 |
John Croes (June 1, 1762 – July 26, 1832) was a prelate in the Episcopal Church who served as the first Bishop of New Jersey.
Biography
Croes was born on June 1, 1762, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the son of two German immigrants Jacob Croes and Charlotte Christiana Feigart. He served in the Revolutionary War 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 on March 4, 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.
Walter Herbert Stowe writes that Croes was important for a number of reasons, including being symbolic of the Episcopal Church ceasing to be exclusively English, coming from a lower class background, restoring a more democratized and simple Christian character to the episcopate without pomp and circumstance, and rejuvenating the standing of the church in New Jersey.[1]
He was elected bishop of New Jersey in the summer, and was consecrated at St Peter's Church in Philadelphia on November 19, 1815. He is buried beneath the chancel of Christ Church, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
See also
External links
- Historical material by John Croes from Project Canterbury
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080820044519/http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~lesk/church/
References
- ^ Stowe, Walter Herbert (1966). "JOHN CROES (1762-1832) "First Bishop of New Jersey (1815-1832)"". Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church. 35 (3): 221–230. ISSN 0018-2486.
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