- William Perry Eveland
William Perry Eveland (
12 February 1864 -24 July 1916 ) was a Missionary Bishop of theMethodist Episcopal Church , elected in 1912 and serving in the USA and inSoutheast Asia .He was born
12 February 1864 inHarrisburg, Pennsylvania . He began a preaching ministry in 1888, joining the Traveling Ministry of the CentralPennsylvania Annual Conference of the M.E. Church in 1891. He graduated fromDickinson College ,Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1892.Prior to his election to the
Episcopacy , he served as aPastor and anEducator . He served as thePresident of Methodist-related Williamsport Dickinson Seminary (now,Lycoming College ) from 1905 to 1912. He was appointed as Missionary Bishop overSoutheastern Asia . However, his service as a Bishop was short; he died on24 July 1916 following an electrical accident atMount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania , where he is also buried.elected Writings
*"Inaugural Address," Williamsport Dickinson, pamphlet, 16 pp., 1908.
References
*Leete, Frederick DeLand, "Methodist Bishops." Nashville, The Methodist Publishing House, 1948.
ee also
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List of Bishops of the United Methodist Church
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