section_path: Opposition to ecumenism/Anglicans/Episcopalians
section_name: Episcopalians
paragraph_text: Episcopalians
  
  William David Walker, who was the first bishop of North Dakota (1883–1896), and Western New York (1897–1917), was strongly opposed to dialogue with other denominations. In his address to the 1914 Convention of the Diocese of Western New York, Walker said that "in my opinion while divided Christendom remains, separated sects are better apart—each peaceably working out its own salvation."