- Lorenzo Houston King
Lorenzo Houston King (
2 January 1878 –17 December 1946 ) was an Americanbishop of The Methodist Church, elected in 1940.He was born in
Macon, Mississippi to parents who had once beenslaves . He was ordained in 1907 in the AtlantaAnnual Conference of the M.E. Church. Prior to his election to theepiscopacy , he served as ateacher ,pastor , and editor.He died on
17 December ,1946 inNew York City .References
*Leete, Frederick DeLand, Methodist Bishops. Nashville, The Methodist Publishing House, 1948.
*Thomas, James S. Methodism's Racial Dilemma: The Story of the Central Jurisdiction.Nashville :Abingdon Press , 1992.ee also
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List of Bishops of the United Methodist Church
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