David Nitschmann der Bischof (David Nitschmann the
Bishop
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, December 18, 1695/96,
Suchdol nad Odrou
Suchdol nad Odrou (german: Zauchtenthal, Zauchtel) is a market town in Nový Jičín District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,700 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Kletné is an administrative ...
,
Moravia
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The me ...
– October 8, 1772,
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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) was with
Johann Leonhard Dober
Johann Leonhard Dober (born March 7, 1706, Mönchsroth, Swabia, Germany to Johann Dober and Anna Barbara Link; died April 1, 1766, Herrnhut, Saxony, Germany) was, along with David Nitschmann, one of the two first missionaries of the Moravian Br ...
one of the two first missionaries of the
Moravian Brethren
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in the West Indies in 1732, and the first
Bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
of the Renewed
Unitas Fratrum
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, the
Moravian Church
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.
Life
In 1735 in
Berlin
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, he was consecrated the first Bishop of the Renewed
Unitas Fratrum
The Moravian Church ( cs, Moravská církev), or the Moravian Brethren, formally the (Latin: "Unity of the Brethren"), is one of the oldest Protestantism, Protestant Christian denomination, denominations in Christianity, dating back to the Bohem ...
,
Moravians
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by
Daniel Ernst Jablonski
Daniel Ernst Jablonski (20 November 1660, Nassenhuben (Mokry Dwór), Royal Prussia, Crown of Poland25 May 1741, Berlin) was
a German theologian and reformer of Czech origin, known for his efforts to bring about a union between Lutheran and Calv ...
, Grandson of
John Amos Comenius
John Amos Comenius (; cs, Jan Amos Komenský; pl, Jan Amos Komeński; german: Johann Amos Comenius; Latinized: ''Ioannes Amos Comenius''; 28 March 1592 – 15 November 1670) was a Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian who is considere ...
, the last Bishop of the Ancient Unitas Fratrum.
He landed at
Philadelphia
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, in 1741 and was instrumental in the founding of
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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where he died in 1772.
Nitschmann traveled with
John Wesley
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and helped to found the mission at Bethlehem.
[http://bdhp.moravian.edu/personal_papers/memoirs/dnitschmann/dnitschmann.html Memoir of David Nitschmann, Sr.]
References
External links
(Papers of David Nitschmann (Bishop)(
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The Moravians in Georgia, Chapter 6*https://web.archive.org/web/20091027152737/http://www.geocities.com/janet_ariciu/Linebaugh.html
1695 births
1772 deaths
18th-century Moravian bishops
Moravian Church missionaries
Czech people of the Moravian Church
German Protestant missionaries
Moravian-German people
Protestant missionaries in the United States Virgin Islands
People from Suchdol nad Odrou
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