EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN BISHOPS by oh H. Ness, Jr. The October, 1968 issue of Methodist History carried a tabulation of the bishops of the former Methodist Church and its antecedents. This list, prepared by Bishop Roy H. Short, has proven to be a valuable tool for research students. The following list completes in a similar fashion the bishops of the former Evangelical United Brethren Church and its antecedents. Since a bishop generally was elected for a four-year period rather than for life, it has been necessary to handle this listing a little differently from the predecessor list. The table lists all of the bishops of the church from 1807 to 1968. After the name there follows the year of birth, date of d-eath, years in the episcopacy, date of ordination as Elder, and the name of the bishop who ordained him. EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION Jacob Albright (1759-1808) .............(1807-1808) (his associates) John Seybert (1791-1860) ..............(1839-1860) (John Klinef elter, president) Joseph Long (1800-1869) ...............(1843 -1869) (John Seybert, president) William V?. Orwig (1810-1589) .........(1859-1863) (Thomas Buck, president) John J. Esher (1823-1901) ..............(1853-1901) Seybert Reuben Yeakel (1827-1904) .............(1871-1879) Long Rudolph Dubs (1837-1915) ............. (1875-1891) Long Thomas Bowman (1836-1923) ........... (1875-1915) Orwig S. C. Breyfogel (1851-1934) ............. (1891-1922) Esher William Horn (1839-1917) ..............(1891-1915) Long Samuel P. Spreng (1853-1946) ..........(1907-1922) Bowman, G. Heinmiller (1853-1922) .............. (1915-1922) Bowman, Lawrence H. Seager (1860-1937) ........ (1915-1922) Bowman, THE UNITED EVANGELICAL CHURCH Rudolph Dubs (1837-1915) ..............(1391-1902) 1860 Long Wesley M. Stanford (1846-1923) ........(1591-1902) 1576 Bowman C. S. Haman (1832-1916) ............... (1891-1894) 1859 Long Although the United Evangelical Church was not legallv formnd until 1894, there was a three year period, 1891-1894, in which the above three men served the minority grouqA, later lcno~rrn as The United Evangelical Church, as bishops. During these three years the minority faction claimed to be the Evang~licalAssociatio~~. to which title the majority group also laid claim. For all practical purposes there were two churches within the Eva~~golicnlAssocin- tion. In 3894, the courts drcided agr?inst the minority body and il~cy thus formed The United Evangelical Church. I-J. B. Hartzlcr (1840-7 920) .............. (1902-1 91 0) 3 872 Ksl~cr William F. Hcil (1857-1930) ............(1 902-1 91 0) 18Sld Esl~cr (1918-1922) 44 EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN BISHOPS W. H. Fouke (1851-1923) ...............(1910-1918) 1879 Esher U. I?. Swengel (1846-1921) ..............(1910-1918) 1871 * Matthew T. Maze (1857-1940) ..........(1918-1922) 1892 Stanford THE EVANGELICAL S. C. Breyfogel (1851-1934) ............. (1922-1930) Esher Samuel P. Spreng (1853-1946) .......... (1922-1930) Bowman Lawrence H. Seager (1860-1937) ....... (1922-1934) Bowman Matthew T. Maze (1857-1940) ...........(1922-1934) Stanford John F. Dunlap (1865-1941) ............(1922-1934) Stanford John S. Stamm (1878-1956) .............(1926-1946) Bowman Samuel J. Umbreit (1871-1945) .........(1926-1934) Bowman George E. Epp (1885- ) .............(1930-1946) Bowman Elmer W. Praetorius (1882-1966) .......(1934-1946) Spr eng Charles H. Stauffacher (1879-1956) ..... (1934-1946) Hartzler UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST Philip W. Otterbein (1726-1813) ........ (1800-1813) 1749 John Henry Schramm, Supt., Reformed Church of Nassau, Ger- many Martin Boehm (1725-1812) .............(1800-1812) 1759 (Mennonite lot) Christian Newcomer (1749-1830) ........ (1813-1830) 1813 Otterbein Andrew Zeller (1755-1839) ..............(1817-1821) 1815 Newcomer Joseph Hoffman (1780-1856) ............(1821-1825) 1813 Otterbein Henry Kumler, Sr. (1775-1854) ......... (1825-1845) 1816 Newcomer Samuel Hiestand (1781-1838) ........... (1833-1838) 1824 Newcomer William Brown (1796-1868) ............(1833-1837) 1819 Newcomer Jacob Erb (1804-1883) ..................(1837-1845) 1825 Newcomer (1849-1853) Henry Kumler, Jr. (1801-1882) ........ (1841-1845) 1825 Newcomer (1861-1865) John Coons (1797-1869) ................ (1837-1841) 1826 Kumler, Sr. John Russel (1799-1870) ................ (1845-1849) 1825 Newcomer (1857-1861) Jacob Glossbrenner (1812-1887) ......... (1845-1885) 1833 Kumler, Sr. William Hanby (1808-1880) .............(1845-1849) 1833 Kurnler, Sr. David Edwards (1816-1876) ............(1849-1876) 1839 Kumler, Sr. Lewis Davis (1814-1890) ................(1853-1861) 1842 Coons Jacob Markwood (1815-1873) ........... (1861-1869) 1841 Erb Daniel Shuck (1827-1900) ..............(1861-1~9) 1847 T Jonathan Weaver (1824-1901) ........... (1865-1893) 1848 Glossbreriner John Dickson (1820-1907) ............... (1869-1893) 1850 Erb Nicholas Castle (1837-1922) .............(1877-1905) 1861 Markwood Milton Wright (1828-1917) .............(1877-1881) 1856 Edwards (1885-1889) Ezekiel B. Kephart (1834-1906) ......... (1881-1905) 1861 Glossbrenner Daniel K. Flickinger (1824-1911) ........(1885-1889) 1853 Edwards James W. Hott (1844-1902) .............(1889-1902) 1864 Glossbrenner Job S. Mills (1848-1909) ................(1893-1909) 1872 Glossbrenner George M. Mathews (1848-1921) ..... ...(1902-1921) 1882 Glossbrenner Will.iam M. Weekley (1851-1926) .......(1905-1917) 1573 Weaver William M. Bell (1860-1933) ............(1905-1929) 1582 Weaver Thomas C. Carter (1851-1916) .......... (1905-1913) 1876 (R.S. Foster, 34. E. Church) -- In the absence of a bishop Jacob Hartzler presided. 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