Bishop Calvin Kingsley
KINGSLEY, CALVIN (BISHOP) Conference Relations: Licensed to Preach 1838; Admitted on Trial Methodist Episcopal Erie Conference 1841;
Full Member 1843; Deacon 1843, Soule; Elder 1845, Hamline; Elected Bishop 1864. Deceased: April 6, 1870 in Beirut, Syria while on an Episcopal
visitation to Missions in the Orient. Buried in Beirut, Syria, Asia.
Appointments: Saegertown 1841-1842; Meadville: First (Stone) 1842-1843; Professor: Mathematics: Allegheny College 1843-1844; Erie: First
1844-1846; Professor Mathematics: Allegheny College 1846-1855; Vice President: Allegheny College 1855-1856; Editor: Western Christian
Advocate 1856-1864; Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1864-1870.
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