Bishop Adna Wright Leonard I (November 2, 1874 – May 3, 1943) was a

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bishop in

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, and the first chairman of the Methodist Commission on Chaplains. He was killed in 1943 in a plane crash on his way to

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to visit Methodist chaplains and their troops.

Biography

He was born in

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, on November 2, 1874, to Adna Bradway Leonard (1837–1916) and Caroline (Kaiser) Leonard (1840–1899). He was elected bishop in 1916. He married Mary Luella Day (1873–1956) on October 9, 1901, and had the following children: Adna Wright Leonard II (1904–1986); and Phyllis Day (Leonard) Budd (1907–2002). He was elected to the episcopacy of the Methodist Episcopal Church at the 1916 General Conference. He served in

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and

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He was killed on May 3, 1943, in a plane crash on his way to Iceland to visit Methodist chaplains and their troops. Thirteen other people were killed in the plane crash, including Lieutenant General Frank Maxwell Andrews.

Career

*President of the

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*Chairman The Methodist Commission on Chaplains *Headed trustees of the

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