Nicholas H. Cobbs

Nicholas Hamner Cobbs (February 5, 1796 – January 11, 1861) was a minister and evangelist of the Episcopal church who served as the first Bishop of Alabama from 1844 to 1861.

The Right Reverend

Nicholas Hamner Cobbs

D.D., S.T.D.
Bishop of Alabama
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseAlabama
ElectedMay 1844
In office1844-1861
SuccessorRichard Hooker Wilmer
Orders
OrdinationMay 23, 1825
by Richard Channing Moore
ConsecrationOctober 20, 1844
by Philander Chase
Personal details
Born(1796-02-05)February 5, 1796
Bedford County, Virginia, United States
DiedJanuary 11, 1861(1861-01-11) (aged 64)
Montgomery, Alabama, United States
BuriedOakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican (prev. Presbyterian)
ParentsJohn Lewis Cobbs & Susannah Cobbs
SpouseLucy Henry Laudonia (m. 1821)
Children10

Biography

He was born in Bedford County, Virginia. Cobbs was raised a Presbyterian and educated privately. He was subsequently confirmed an Episcopalian and ordained a deacon on the same day, May 23, 1824, in Staunton, Virginia. He was ordained priest on May 23, 1825. He served several parishes in Virginia.[1]

In 1843, Cobbs was called to the rectorship of St. Paul's church, Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1844, he was elected bishop of Alabama, being the first to preside over that diocese, and was consecrated in Christ Church, Philadelphia, 20 October 1844. A slave owner, Cobbs nonetheless opposed Alabama's secession from the Union and ordered Alabama clergy to omit prayers for the Confederate Congress and President from services.[2]

Cobbs died in Montgomery, Alabama, on the day of his state's secession from the Union on the eve of the American Civil War. The Bishop Cobbs Home for Orphans in Montgomery was named for him.

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References
  1. "Cobbs, Nicholas Hamner", Episcopal Church. Retrieved on 5 February 2020.
  2. Hobart College (1897). General Catalogue of Officers, Graduates and Students, 1825-1897, p. 60. Humphrey, Geneva, NY. ISBN 1272074498.
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