James Newbury FitzGerald (1837–1907) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1888.

Biography

James Newbury FitzGerald was born at Newark, New Jersey on July 27, 1837.[1] He received the degree of D. D. from Wesleyan University in 1880 and that of LL. D. from Hamline University in 1889.

In 1895 he made the episcopal visitation to the South American and European conferences. He died at Hong Kong on April 4, 1907, on an episcopal visitation to the Oriental mission conferences.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (1906). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Vol. IV. Boston: American Biographical Society. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ "Evangelistic Bishop Died in Hong Kong". The Scranton Truth. New York. April 5, 1907. p. 3. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  • Leete, Frederick DeLand, Methodist Bishops. Nashville, The Methodist Publishing House, 1948.
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