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{{Short description|American bishop}}
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| type             = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = The Right Reverend
| name             = Samuel Allen McCoskry
| honorific-suffix = D.D., LL.D., D.C.L.
| title            = [[Episcopal Diocese of Michigan|Bishop of Michigan]]
| image            = Bishop Samuel A. McCoskry.jpg
| alt              =
| caption          =
| church           = [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]]
| archdiocese      =
| diocese          = [[Episcopal Diocese of Michigan|Michigan]]
| see              =
| term             = 1836–1878
| elected          = 1836
| predecessor      =
| successor        = [[Samuel Smith Harris]]
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| ordination       = December 13, 1833
| ordained_by      = [[Benjamin T. Onderdonk]]
| consecration     = July 7, 1836
| consecrated_by   = [[Benjamin T. Onderdonk]]
| rank             =
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| birth_date       = {{birth date|1804|11|9}}
| birth_place      = [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1886|8|1|1804|11|9}}
| death_place      = [[New York City]], [[New York (State)|New York]], [[United States]]
| buried           =
| previous_post    =
| parents          = Samuel Allen McCoskry &
| spouse           = Eliza L. Montgomery & Alison Nisbet
| children         =
| nationality      = [[Americans|American]]
| religion         = [[Anglicanism|Anglican]]
| alma_mater       = [[United States Military Academy]], [[Dickinson College]]
| signature        = Signature of Samuel Allen McCoskry (1804–1886).png
}}
'''Samuel Allen McCoskry''' (November 9, 1804 – August 1, 1886), was the first [[Episcopal Diocese of Michigan|Bishop of Michigan]] in the [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America]], but was deposed by the House of Bishops.
==Biography==
Samuel McCoskry was born in [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania]], on November 9, 1804, the son of Dr Samuel Allen McCoskry, a [[Physician]], and Scottish-born Alison Nisbet. He attended the [[United States Military Academy]] for two years, then graduated from [[Dickinson College]] in 1825; was ordained deacon and priest in 1833 in Christ Church, [[Reading, Pennsylvania]]. After serving as rector of St. Paul's Church, [[Philadelphia]], for two years, he was elected first bishop of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Michigan]] and was consecrated at St. Paul's on July 7, 1836. McCrosky resigned in 1878, citing ill health, but allegations of moral misconduct came to light, and he fled to Europe. The [[House of Bishops]] was unable to investigate McCoskry because of his absence, so it voted to depose him on the grounds of abandoning his diocese. McCoskry was deposed on December 3, 1878, and died August 1, 1886.<ref>[http://www.edomi.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14 Biography on Diocese of Michigan Web site]</ref><ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1878/09/04/80727074.pdf "Bishop M'Coskry Deposed"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 4, 1878</ref>
===Consecrators===
* The Most Reverend [[Henry Ustick Onderdonk]], 2nd [[bishop]] of [[Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]
* The Right Reverend [[George Washington Doane]], 2nd [[bishop]] of [[Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey|New Jersey]]
* The Right Reverend [[Jackson Kemper]], [[missionary bishop]] to Northwest
Samuel Allen McCoskry was the [[Succession of Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States|32nd]] [[bishop]] consecrated for the [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal Church]].
==See also==
* [[Succession of Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States|List of Bishop Succession in the Episcopal Church]]
==References==
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* ''The Episcopal Church Annual''. Morehouse Publishing: New York, NY (2005).
==External links==
* [http://www.episcopalchurch.org Web site of the Episcopal Church]
* [http://www.edomi.org/ Web site of the Diocese of Michigan]
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[[Category:People from Carlisle, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Clergy from Detroit]]
[[Category:Dickinson College alumni]]
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[[Category:Episcopal bishops of Michigan]]
[[Category:19th-century American clergy]]
[[Category:United States Military Academy alumni]]