William Fraser McDowell
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William Fraser McDowell (1858–April 26, 1937) was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1904. He was born 4 February 1858 in Millersburg, Ohio, U.S.A.
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[edit] Education
William earned the A.B. degree in 1879 from Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. He earned an S.T.B. degree at Boston University in 1882.
[edit] Ordained Ministry
From 1882 until 1890, Rev. McDowell served these appointments as a Ordained Minister of the North Ohio Annual Conference of the M.E. Church: Lodi, Ohio (1882–83), Oberlin, Ohio (1883–85), and Tiffin, Ohio (1885–90).
He then became the Chancellor of the University of Denver, serving 1890–99. During this time he was also a member of the Colorado State Board of Charities and Corrections (1894-99).
In 1899 he became the Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Education of the M.E. Church, serving until his election to the Episcopacy. He also became a member of the International Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association.
[edit] Episcopal Ministry
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As a Bishop, McDowell also served as President of the Religious Education Society (1905–06). He was a Yale lecturer on preaching, and was noted as a preacher to preachers.
Bishop McDowell died 26 April 1937 in Washington, D.C. and was buried in Delaware, Ohio.
[edit] References
- "McDowell, William Fraser" in The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Samuel Macauley Jackson, D.D., LL.D., Editor-in-Chief, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1954. [1]
- Methodism: Ohio Area (1812-1962), edited by John M. Versteeg, Litt.D., D.D. (Ohio Area Sesquicentennial Committee, 1962).
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| Preceded by David Hastings Moore |
Chancellor of the University of Denver 1890–1899 |
Succeeded by Henry Augustus Buchtel |
This article about an individual bishop, archbishop, or patriarch, or about a bishopric, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This article includes content derived from the Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, 1914, which is in the public domain.
