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Lewis Oliver Hartman (May 3, 1876 – June 30, 1955) was an American
Louis O. Hartman to Rev. Soon Hyun
(1917) *''Popular Aspects of Oriental Religions'' (1917)
Genealogical information about Mrs. Hartman
1876 births American Methodist bishops Bishops of The Methodist Church (USA) 1955 deaths People from LaGrange, Indiana {{US-bishop-stub
Lewis Oliver Hartman (May 3, 1876 – June 30, 1955) was an American bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
of The Methodist Church, elected in 1944.
Biography
He was born in LaGrange, Indiana. Lewis married Helen Marion Nutter December 21, 1922, inNewton, Massachusetts
Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is approximately west of downtown Boston. Newton resembles a patchwork of thirteen villages, without a city center. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the population of Ne ...
. She was born November 2, 1894.
Lewis entered the traveling ministry of the Cincinnati
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Annual Conference
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Conferences can be used as a form of group decision-making, although discussion, not always decisions, are the main pu ...
of the M.E. Church in 1903. Prior to his election to the episcopacy in 1944, he served as a pastor
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, secretary for Sunday schools, and an editor. He was editor of ''Zion's Herald
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'' for twenty-four years.
He was for a time the chairman of the General Conference Commission on Central Conferences. He was president of the Methodist Federation for Social Service. He also participated in ecumenical Methodist conferences.
As bishop he was assigned the Boston
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episcopal area, 1944–1948.
Hartman died June 30, 1955, at a hospital
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in Boston.
Selected writings
Louis O. Hartman to Rev. Soon Hyun
(1917) *''Popular Aspects of Oriental Religions'' (1917)
See also
* List of bishops of the United Methodist ChurchReferences
* Leete, Frederick DeLand, ''Methodist Bishops'', Nashville, The Methodist Publishing House, 1948. * ''Obituary'' in ''The LaGrange Standard'', LaGrange, Indiana, July 7, 1955External links
Genealogical information about Mrs. Hartman
1876 births American Methodist bishops Bishops of The Methodist Church (USA) 1955 deaths People from LaGrange, Indiana {{US-bishop-stub