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'''Naphtali Luccock''' (1853 — [[1916]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[bishop]] of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church]], elected in 1912.
'''Naphtali Luccock''' (1853 — [[1916]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[bishop]] of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church]], elected in 1912.


He was born on [[28 September]], [[1853]] in [[Kimbolton, Ohio]]. He entered the Traveling Ministry of the [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]] [[Annual Conference]] of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church|M.E. Church]] (which at that time included eastern [[Ohio]]) in 1874.
He was born on [[28 September]], [[1853]] in [[Kimbolton, Ohio]]. He entered the Traveling Ministry of the [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]] [[Annual Conference]] of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church|M.E. Church]] (which at that time included eastern [[Ohio]]) in 1874. Later he was transferred to the St. Louis conference.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_International_Encyclopedia]


Prior to his election to the [[episcopacy]], Dr. Luccock served as a [[Pastor]]. His was a brief episcopal incumbency, for he died within his first [[quadrennium]], on [[1 April]], [[1916]] in [[La Crosse, Wisconsin]]. He was buried in the Bellefontaine Cemetery in [[St. Louis, Missouri]].
Prior to his election to the [[episcopacy]], Dr. Luccock served as a [[Pastor]]. His was a brief episcopal incumbency, for he died within his first [[quadrennium]], on [[1 April]], [[1916]] in [[La Crosse, Wisconsin]]. He was buried in the Bellefontaine Cemetery in [[St. Louis, Missouri]].


He is the author of ''The Illustrated History of Methodism'' (1901), with J. W. Lee and J. M. Dixon, and ''The Royalty of Jesus'' (1905), sermons.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_International_Encyclopedia]
==References==
==References==
* Leete, Frederick DeLand, '''Methodist Bishops.''' Nashville, The Methodist Publishing House, 1948.
* Leete, Frederick DeLand, '''Methodist Bishops.''' Nashville, The Methodist Publishing House, 1948.

Revision as of 11:10, 9 September 2007

Naphtali Luccock (1853 — 1916) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1912.

He was born on 28 September, 1853 in Kimbolton, Ohio. He entered the Traveling Ministry of the Pittsburgh Annual Conference of the M.E. Church (which at that time included eastern Ohio) in 1874. Later he was transferred to the St. Louis conference.[1]

Prior to his election to the episcopacy, Dr. Luccock served as a Pastor. His was a brief episcopal incumbency, for he died within his first quadrennium, on 1 April, 1916 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He was buried in the Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.

He is the author of The Illustrated History of Methodism (1901), with J. W. Lee and J. M. Dixon, and The Royalty of Jesus (1905), sermons.[2]

References

  • Leete, Frederick DeLand, Methodist Bishops. Nashville, The Methodist Publishing House, 1948.
  • Methodism: Ohio Area (1812-1962), edited by John M. Versteeg, Litt.D., D.D. (Ohio Area Sesquicentennial Committee, 1962).

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