Timeline: Episcopal Church in Indian Country

May 4, 1493

Papal Bull Pope Alexander VI

We ... by the authority of Almighty God ... give, grant, and assign to you and your heirs and successors, kings of Castile and Leon, forever, all islands and main lands found and to be found, discovered and to be discovered, towards the west and south, ... from the Arctic pole ... to the Antarctic pole ... And we make, appoint, and depute you and your said heirs and successors lords of them with full and free power, authority, and jurisdiction of every kind.

Aug 13, 1587

Chieftain Manteo Baptized

First Baptized Indian in the Church of England

May 14, 1607

Jamestown Founded

May 29, 1811

Bishop John Henry Hobart Consecrated

Jan 1, 1815

First Episcopal Indian Mission

Bishop John Henry Hobart initiates his Indian Mission with the Oneida in New York. The fisrt Indian Mission of the Protestent Episcopal Church

Jan 1, 1819

St. Peter's Consecrated

Oneida First Church Consecrated

Jan 1, 1823

Oneida Move to Wisconsin

In 1822 the Oneida acquired from the Menominee Tribe a 100-Square mile reservation located at Duck Creek, 10 miles west of Green Bay, Wisconsin. In 1823 Eleazar Williams accompanied Chief Skenandoah and the Oneida to their new home.

Jan 1, 1825

First Church In Wisconsin

in 1825 the first church building in all Wisconsin was erected, Hobart Church. In 1825 Bishop Hobart made the long journey from New York to visit the Oneida and consecrate the hand-hewn log church.

Sep 25, 1835

Jackson Kemper First Missionary Bishop

Bishop Kemper made his first visit to the Oneida in 1838

Jan 1, 1841

3 Deacons head west to evangelize in Wisconsin

James Lloyd Breck, William Adams and John Henry Hobard Jr.

Jul 4, 1841

Enmegahbowh marries Iron Sky Woman (Charlotte)

Oct 9, 1842

James Breck and William Adams Ordained to Priesthood

One of Kemper's Visits to the Oneida was to ordain two young deacons to the priesthood, James Lloyed Breck and Wiiam Adams the founders of Nashotah House.

Jun 24, 1850

James Lloyd Breck and others reach Minnesota

Jul 3, 1859

Enmegahbowh ordained a Deacon

Enmegahbowh (One who stands before his people) was also midewin and methodist.

Oct 13, 1859

Bishop Whipple Consecrated

Bishop Henry Bemjamin Whipple Consecrated (Apostle to the Indians) First Episcopal Bishop of Minnesota and Advocate for American Indians. Ojibwe called him "Straight Tongue"