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Doctrine of Discovery 1493
A California Pilgrimage
Diocese of California Journal 1872 (Partial)
Diocese of California Quarter Century 1915-1940
The Doctrine of Discovery, 1493
A Spotlight on a Primary Source by Pope Alexander VI
Pope Alexander VI's Demarcation Bull, May 4, 1493. (Gilder Lehrman Collection)
The Papal Bull "Inter Caetera," issued by Pope Alexander VI on May 4, 1493, played a central role in the Spanish conquest of the New World. The document supported Spain’s strategy to ensure its exclusive right to the lands discovered by Columbus the previous year. It established a demarcation line one hundred leagues west of the Azores and Cape Verde Islands and assigned Spain the exclusive right to acquire territorial possessions and to trade in all lands west of that line. All others were forbidden to approach the lands west of the line without special license from the rulers of Spain. This effectively gave Spain a monopoly on the lands in the New World.
A California Pilgrimage:
Being an Account of the Observance of the Sixty-Fifth Anniversary
of Bishop Kip's First Missionary Journey Through the San Joaquin Valley,
Together with Bishop Kip's Own Story of the Events Commemorated
William Ingraham Kip
Louis Child's Sanford, Bishop of San Joaquin
Source: Journal of Diocesan Convention May 1 & 2, 1872
Trinity Church SF
College of St. Augustine for Boys, College or St. Mary’s for Girls, Benicia
Directory of Churches 1872 by county in what will be formed the Diocese of El Camino Real (1979)
Santa Clara
San Jose’ Trinity Church
The Rev. George W. Foote, Rector
Delegates to Convention:
J. W. Hammond (architect of the church building), George Lendrum, D. S. Payne (Payne Ave named after him
J.H.M. Thownsend, John Britton
Vestry
J.W. Hammondx DS. Payen, Geor Lendrum, James Hart, BJ Rhodes, John M. Townsend, DL Blanchard
Santa Clara Free Church of the Holy Savior (disbanded in 1935)
The Rev. Giles A Easton, Rector
The Rev. James McElroy, (New) Rector
Vestry
N. Cook, S. Veach, J. Dille, JR Laurie, GM Brown, JR Johnson, C Peebels, James Miller
Church School for Girls, Rose Cottage, Santa Clara
Delegates
Cary Peebels, James Gauley, J.S. Dilley
St. Philip’s (colored) Mission - (1863-1875)
The Rev. P. W. Cassey, Deacon
P.W. Cassey at San Francisco (Founded 1871 Christ Church)
St. Stephen’s, Gilroy Missionaries
E.C. Cowan at Gilroy
St. Stephen’s Parish School started August 1872
Santa Cruz
Calvary Church (Savior), Santa Cruz
Delegates
Horce Gushee, B. C. Gadsby, G.P. Laird, W.F. Peabody, Joseph Boston
Vestry
Joseph Bostson, BC Gadsby, J Boston, Edmund Joens, WG Hay, GeorpLad
Watsonville - missionary work reported
The Diocese of California: A Quarter Century 1915-1940
by Edward Lambe Parson, Bishop of California
Churches in the Convocation of San Jose (San Mateo to Arroyo Grande in 1915) that now comprise the Diocese of El Camino Real (founding dates are needed)
Arroyo Grande, St. Barnabas 1916 Rev. AC Dodd
Atascadero, Unorganized Mission – Rev WM Ford
Capitola, St. John the Baptist, 1916 Cathedral Staff 1918 Rev. CO Tillotson
Carmel, All Saints, 1917 Rev. HH Gillies
Del Monte, St. John’s 1920 Rev. G.M. Gutting
Gilroy, 1916 Rev. William Higgs
Hollister, St, Luke’s 1916 Rev. Clement King
Jolon, St Luke’s Rev EA McGowan
King City, St. Mark’s 1916 Rev EA McGowan
Los Gatos, St. Luke’s 1916 Rev. Ralph Bray
Pacific Grove, St. Mary’s Rev FG Williams
Palo Alto, All Saints, 1916 David Evans
Paso Robles, St. James 1917 Rev Bayard H Jones
Salina, St. Paul’s 1916 WA McGowan
San Ardo, Christ Church Mission, Rev WA McGowan
San Jose,
Christ Church Mission, Rev AL Mitchel
Trinity N(1861), Rev. Halsey Werlein, Jr, Rev ET Brown, ass
San Luis Obispo, St. Stephen’s Rev. CHL Chandler
San Miguel, St. John’s Mission Rev. EA McGowan
Santa Clara, Church of Our Savior, CA Mainwaring, Lay Reader, 1919 Rev John A Collins
Santa Cruz, Calvary, Rev. EH McCollister
Sunnyvale, St. Thomas’, Rev AWN Porter
Watsonville, All Saints, Rev. Charles L. Thackeray
