The Very Rev. Dorsey F. Henderson, Jr. was consecrated as the seventh Bishop of Upper South Carolina Feb. 3 at Trinity Cathedral, Columbia.

The Most Rev. Edmond L. Browning, Presiding Bishop, was consecrator along with the Rt. Rev. William L. Stevens, retired Bishop of Fond du Lac; the Rt. Rev. James L. Duncan, retired Bishop of Southeast Florida; the Rt. Rev. Edward L. Salmon, Jr., Bishop of South Carolina; the Rt. Rev. Russell E. Jacobus, Bishop of Fond du Lac, and the Rt. Rev. William A. Beckham, sixth Bishop of Upper South Carolina, as co-consecrators.

A large crowd filled the cathedral and others watched on closed circuit television in the parish hall. Participants came from all parts of the diocese and elsewhere to serve as presenters, lectors, acolytes and musicians.Bishop Stevens also preached the sermon, emphasizing the biblical vision of the church rather than limiting "views" of the church. In his charge to the bishop-elect, he said, "Apostolic hands will be held upon your head, and the Holy Spirit will make you a bishop, regalia will be presented, and 'the purple' will be yours. But don't throw out your old black vestments. They will remind you that you are a servant of the servants of God."

Following the laying on of hands, Bishop Henderson was seated in the cathedral by the Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler, dean.

Before he was elected, Bishop Henderson was dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, Fond du Lac, Wis., and earlier was rector of St. Benedict's Church, Plantation, Fla. Members of both congregations were among the participants.