William Levington
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William Levington was an African-American clergyman and teacher. The third African American ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church of the United States, he established the first African-American
St. James First African Protestant Episcopal Church in 1926
The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas was founded in 1792 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the first black Episcopal Church in the United States. Its congregation developed from the Free African
William Levington
…not prevent Albany's mayor and others from providing glowing references upon his departure. Bishop William White ordained Levington as a deacon at the Church of St. Thomas on March 14, 1824, three decades after ordaining Rev. Absalom Jones at the same church, and six years after Jones' death. However, Levington was not…
African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas (1829), lithograph by William L. Breton.