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Certification of the transfer of the Rev. Charles E. McIlvaine to the Diocese of Delaware
Date
1-3-1866
Keywords
letter, McIlvaine, Diocese of Delaware
Recommended Citation
McIlvaine, Charles Petit, "Letter to the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese of Delaware" (1866). Charles Pettit McIlvaine Letters. 194.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/mcilvaine_letters/194
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Diocese of Ohio
To the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese of Delaware
Jan. 3, 1866
I hereby certify that the Rev. Charles. E. McIlvaine who has signified to me his desire to be transferred to the Diocese of Delaware is a Presbyter in regular standing of the Diocese & so far as I know & believe has not for three years last past been justly [?] to [?] report for error in religion or [?] of life.
Charles P. McIlvaine
Bishop