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	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, British America
Died	September 6, 1815(1815-09-06) (aged 73) New York City, New York, U.S.
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 Peterhouse, Cambridge University of Leiden
Signature

Ordination history of
Samuel Provoost

History
Diaconal ordination
Ordained by	Richard Terrick, (London)
Date	3 February 1766
Place	Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, London
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Edmund Keene, (Chester)
Date	25 March 1766
Place	Chapel Royal, Banqueting House, London
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	John Moore, (Canterbury)
Co-consecrators	William Markham (York) Charles Moss (Bath and Wells) John Hinchliffe (Peterborough)
Date	4 February 1787
Place	Lambeth Palace Chapel, London

Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Samuel Provoost as principal consecrator
Thomas John Claggett	17 September 1792

Samuel Provoost (March 11, 1742 – September 6, 1815) was an American academic and Anglican minister. 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 presiding bishop consecrated for the Episcopal Church of the United States. He was consecrated as bishop of New York in 1787 along with William White, bishop of Pennsylvania. He was the first Episcopal bishop of Dutch and Huguenot ancestry.