John Dylander
American-Swedish Immigrant Pastor
About John Dylander
Lived 1709 – 1741 (aged 31–32).
Johan Dylander, born around 1709 in Stockholm, Sweden, died November 3, 1741, probably in Wicaco, Province of Pennsylvania, was pastor of Gloria Dei Church 1737–1741.
Johan Dylander was probably the son of the cashier in the Bank of Sweden, Carl Dylander. Very little is known about his early career. He became a student at Uppsala University in 1723 and was then curate in Börstil Parish and the town of Östhammar. On May 27, 1737, Dylander received a request to take the post of pastor in the Swedish congregation in Wicaco in Philadelphia, and on November 6, 1737, he was installed as pastor in the Gloria Dei Church.
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Who was John Dylander?
american-Swedish Immigrant Pastor
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John Dylander was born in 1709.
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John Dylander died on 3 November 1741.
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