The next year it was reported that the Reverend Herbert Read , later appointed first Archdeacon of Prince Edward Island , paid occasional visits to Crapaud and New London , missions which were then vacant, but that an ordained man would likely be put in charge within a few weeks. It was also related that the new churches at Summerside and Kensington — the present names now appear — had been used for divine service, and that it was hoped they would be ready for consecration by the Bishop on his next year's visit. These hopes were realized. The Bishop confirmed at New London on August 2, 1863, and at Kensington on August 10. He consecrated the first St . Mark's Church on the same day. The expected ordinand referred to above was James Arminius Richey , son of the Reverend Matthew Richey , former President of the Wesleyan Conference. With his wife and small family he arrived in February, 1863, and settled in the New London rectory, vacant since the departure of the Meeks. For a time he held services in Crapaud as well, but this long ride was soon rendered unnecessary by the appointment of a clergyman to that place. The 1864 D.C.S . report stated that the Committee are thankful to record the ordination of Mr. James A. Richey to the office of Deacon, by the Bishop of Nova Scotia . . . . This truly scriptural and apostolic Rite was solemnized in the parish church of New London on Sunday, 2d August, when a concourse of persons . . . were witnesses of that solemn form, viz., the imposition of the hands of the Chief Pastor of the Church by which the Church recognizes those as her ministers, whom Christ himself has called, and on whom she thus confers authority to do the work of Evangelists in the house of God . A few days later, as we have seen, the Bishop consecrated St . Mark's Kensington , and St . Mary's Summerside , both in the parish of St. Eleanors . The Islander, January 27, 1865, tells that -s=s 1 i 1 J Communion Table From the First St . Mark's Church