John Gottlieb Auer (November 18, 1832-February 16, 1874) was the second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Liberia.[1]
John Gottlieb Auer | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Liberia | |
.jpg) J.G. Auer | |
| Church | The Episcopal Church |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 17 April 1873 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 November 1832 Neubulach, German Confederation |
| Died | 16 February 1874 Cavalla Mission, Cape Palmas, Liberia |
Born in Württemberg, Germany, Auer was a Lutheran minister, but applied for and took orders in the Episcopal church, being ordained at Cavalla, Africa, in 1862. At a special meeting of the general convention, in October, 1872, Dr. Auer was elected missionary bishop of Cape Palmas, in Africa. He was consecrated 17 April, 1873. but was stricken down with fever, and his term of service was less than one year.
References
edit- ^ Batterson, Hermon Griswold (1891). A Sketch-book of the American Episcopate (3rd ed.). Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company. pp. 268–269. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
External links
edit- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
Johnson, Rossiter, ed. (1906). "Auer, John Gottlieb". The Biographical Dictionary of America. Vol. 1. Boston: American Biographical Society. p. 165.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
