Sylvanus C. Breyfogel

Sylvanus Charles Breyfogel was an American Bishop of the Evangelical Association, elected in 1891.

Birth and Family

Sylvanus was born 20 July 1851 in Reading, Pennsylvania. He was the son of the Rev. and Mrs. Seneca Breyfogel. In 1977 Sylvanus married a Miss Boas, a member of a prominent Evangelical family. They were blessed with two sons and four daughters. One of their daughters became the wife of the Rev. Dr. G.B. Kimmel, sometime President of the Evangelical Theological Seminary, Naperville, Illinois. Another daughter married the Rev. G.E. Schnabel, later the Pastor of the Albright Memorial E.A. Church, Washington, D.C.

Ordained Ministry

Sylvanus was Licensed to Preach by the East Pennsylvania Annual Conference of the Evangelical Association. He was ordained in 1873. He served as a Pastor and as a District Superintendent until his election to the Episcopacy.

Episcopal Ministry

The Rev. Sylvanus C. Breyfogel was made a Bishop by the 1891 General Conference of the Evangelical Association, meeting in Indianapolis. He served in this office with distinction for thirty-nine years. He retired at the General Conference of 1930, meeting in Milwaukee.

Leadership in Evangelical Education

International and Interdenominational Ministry

References

* Thumbnail Sketches of Evangelical Bishops, Raymond M. Veh, Editor. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Evangelical Publishing House, 1939.

ee also

*List of Bishops of the United Methodist Church