Lorenzo Houston King
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. References Leete, Frederick DeLand, Methodist Bishops. Nashville, The Methodist Publishing House, 1948. Thomas, James S. Methodism's Racial Dilemma: The Story of the Central Jurisdiction. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992. See also List of bishops of the United Methodist Church American Methodist bishops Bishops of The Methodist Church (USA) 1878 births 1946 deaths Methodist bishops of the Central Jurisdiction African-American Methodist clergy People from Macon, Mississippi