He was born at Tuscaloosa, Ala., and was educated at Lewisburg (Pa.) Academy and at Wesleyan Institute, Newark, N. J. He entered the New Jersey Conference in 1853, and was transferred to the Rock River Conference in 1857. He was pastor of churches in Chicago and established the Northwest Sunday-School Quarterly (1865) and the Sunday-School Teacher (1866). He was the corresponding secretary of the Sunday-school Union of his denomination and editor of its publications (1868–1884). In 1888, he was elected Bishop and was appointed Resident Bishop in Europe in 1900, stationed at Zurich, Switzerland; in 1904, he retired from the active episcopate. He was a co-founder of the Chautauqua Assembly (1874), and chancellor of Chautauqua Institution from its organization (1878).
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john, vincent, this, article, about, theologian, other, uses, name, john, vincent, disambiguation, john, heyl, vincent, february, 1832, 1920, american, bishop, methodist, episcopal, church, john, heyl, vincentborn, 1832, february, 1832tuscaloosa, alabamadiedma. This article is about the theologian For other uses of the name see John Vincent disambiguation John Heyl Vincent February 23 1832 May 9 1920 was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church John Heyl VincentBorn 1832 02 23 February 23 1832Tuscaloosa AlabamaDiedMay 9 1920 1920 05 09 aged 88 Buried Portville New YorkOccupationMethodist Episcopal bishopSignatureHe was born at Tuscaloosa Ala and was educated at Lewisburg Pa Academy and at Wesleyan Institute Newark N J He entered the New Jersey Conference in 1853 and was transferred to the Rock River Conference in 1857 He was pastor of churches in Chicago and established the Northwest Sunday School Quarterly 1865 and the Sunday School Teacher 1866 He was the corresponding secretary of the Sunday school Union of his denomination and editor of its publications 1868 1884 In 1888 he was elected Bishop and was appointed Resident Bishop in Europe in 1900 stationed at Zurich Switzerland in 1904 he retired from the active episcopate He was a co founder of the Chautauqua Assembly 1874 and chancellor of Chautauqua Institution from its organization 1878 In 1899 he was awarded American Library Association Honorary Membership Publications editThe Chautauqua Movement 1886 The Church School and Its Officers 1886 Studies in Young Life 1890 A Study in Pedagogy 1890 Earthly Footsteps of the Man of Galilee 1894 Family Worship for Every Day in the Year 1905 Sources editThis article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Gilman D C Peck H T Colby F M eds 1905 New International Encyclopedia 1st ed New York Dodd Mead a href Template Cite encyclopedia html title Template Cite encyclopedia cite encyclopedia a Missing or empty title help Oyen Henry May 1912 The Founder of Chatauquas The World s Work A History of Our Time XXIV 100 101 Retrieved 2009 07 10 External links edit nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to John H Vincent nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to John H Vincent Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John H Vincent amp oldid 1206301297, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
