But the American clergy , then numbering some two dozen , did not feel the time was right to have a bishop appointed in the new nation .
When Bishop Challoner died in 1781 , his successor , James Talbot , refused to exercise jurisdiction in the new nation .
The American clergy , then numbering some two dozen , did not feel the time was right to have a bishop appointed in the new nation .
When Bishop Challoner died in 1781 , his successor , James Talbot , refused to exercise jurisdiction in the new nation .