Missionary Bishop

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A Missionary Bishop was a category of Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in use during the late-1800's until the early-1900's.

A Missionary Bishop was elected a Bishop for a specified Foreign Mission field of the Church, with full Episcopal powers, but with Episcopal jurisdiction limited to the field for which he was elected. A Missionary Bishop was not a General Superintendent of the Church in the same way as a Bishop. Nor, however, was he subordinate to the General Superintendents (Bishops). Rather, Missionary Bishops collaborated with the Bishops in authority in the field to which each was appointed. A Missionary Bishop was amenable for his conduct to the General Conference, as were Bishops. Missionary Bishops received their support from the Board of Foreign Missions, rather than from the Annual Conferences (as did the Bishops). Missionary Bishops were ex-officio members of the General Missionary Committee of the church.

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  • The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1908. New York, Easton & Mains, 1908.
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