Immediately after the funeral, the clergy of the Diocese met. In the meeting, one of the leading clergymen the Rev. Dr. William A. Hitchcock presented a Minute (i.e. a memorandum) about Kerfoot. The opening words of the Minute were"In the simplicity and godly sincerity of his walk and conversation, in the quick and ready sympathy which he showed toward the sorrowful, the suffering and the sinful, and in the devout spirit of his public services and private life, he was a pattern to his clergy and his flock. Hall Harrison, Life of the Right Reverend John Barrett Kerfoot, First Bishop of Pittsburgh: With Selections from His Diaries and Correspondence, Volume 2 (J. Pott & Company, 1886), 682-683.
