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Methodist General Conference Elects Bishops

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jun 11, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 23.

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Methodist General Conference Elects Bishops

The Methodist General Conference at Minneapolis, in electing two new bishops, Dr. T. S. Henderson, of Brooklyn, and Dr. W. O. Shepard, of Chicago, took eleven ballots. There was more or less of politics in it as usual. May 26 the following were consecrated: Bishop Homer Clyde Stuntz, Bishop Theodore Somerville Henderson, Bishop William Orville Shepard, Bishop Naphtali Luccock, Bishop Francis John McConnell, Bishop Frederick Deland Leete, Bishop Richard Joseph Cooke, Bishop Wilbur Patton Thirkield, Missionary Bishop John Wesley Robinson, and Missionary Bishop William Perry Eveland.