Sylvanus C. Breyfogel

Life

Sylvanus Breyfogel was born in Reading, Pennsylvania to Sarah Ely and Seneca Breyfogel.[1][2] He married Kate Boas in 1877 and together they had two sons and four daughters.[1][2] He attended Reading High School; the Union Seminary of Pennsylvania; Illinois Wesleyan University, from which he received a Ph.B; Otterbein University (D.D, 1891); and Ohio Northern University (LL.D, 1909).[3]

Career

Breyfogel was licensed to preach by the East Pennsylvania Annual Conference of the Evangelical Association.[4] He was ordained in 1873.[1] He served as a pastor and as a district superintendent until his election to the episcopacy.[4]

Breyfogel was made a bishop by the 1891 General Conference of the Evangelical Association, in which position he served for 39 years.[2][4] He retired at the 1930 General Conference.[4]

As of 1912, he was chair of the theology department at Schuylkill Seminary, since absorbed into Albright College.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Dr. Breyfogel, Retired Church Head, Is Dead". New York Herald Tribune. November 25, 1934. p. 22. ProQuest document ID 1221548996.
  2. "Bishop Breyfogel, College Head, Dies". The New York Times. November 25, 1934. p. 30.
  3. Distinguished Successful Americans of Our Day. Chicago: Successful Americans. 1912. pp. 182–183. OCLC 1043007080. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. Veh, Raymond M. (1939). Thumbnail Sketches of Evangelical Bishops. Evangelical Publishing House. p. 15. OCLC 1085664398.
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