About Lorenzo Houston King
Lived 1878 – 1946 (aged 68). Lorenzo Houston King was a priest.
Lorenzo Houston King (2 January 1878 – 17 December 1946) was an American bishop of The Methodist Church, elected in 1940.
He was born in Macon, Mississippi to parents who had once been slaves. He was ordained in 1907 in the Atlanta Annual Conference of the M.E. Church. Prior to his election to the episcopacy, he served as a teacher, pastor, and editor.
He died on 17 December 1946 in New York City.
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American bishop (1878-1946)
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Lorenzo Houston King was born on 2 January 1878.
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Lorenzo Houston King was a priest.
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