and forced him to curtail his travels. As his diocese grew, church authorities found it necessary to divide it into northern and southern portions in 1874, with Odenheimer continuing as bishop of the northern diocese, later renamed the Diocese of Newark. He was succeeded as diocesan bishop for New Jersey by John Scarborough. He died in 1879 in Burlington, New Jersey, and was buried at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in that town. Notes References 1817 births 1879 deaths Clergy from Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania alumni General Theological Seminary alumni 19th-century American Episcopalians Episcopal bishops of New Jersey 19th-century American clergy 19th-century Anglican theologians