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OF THE SUSQUEHANNA CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Preserving and Celebrating Our United
Methodist Heritage in Central and Northeast Pennsylvania
On Line Data Bases
Central Pennsylvania Conference Methodist Pastors. Click on the first letter of the surname to enter the file of all the pastors for that letter. The instructions file gives information about this project, the dates at which various conference boundary changes occurred, and detailed bibliographic references.
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Pastors of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the
The Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
was created in 1868. Most of the
territory was originally part of the Baltimore Conference (until 1857), and
then the short-lived East Baltimore Conference (1857-1868). This file attempts to identify every pastor
who was licensed by, ordained by, or served a church within the Central
Pennsylvania Conference from its creation in the Methodist Episcopal Church in
1868, through its years in the Methodist Church, until its union with former
Evangelical United Brethren Conferences and the creation of the present Central
Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church in 1969. Records of pastors in this file continue
until their deaths. A different file
covers those licensed and ordained after 1969.
The following notes
will help clarify some of the notation and format.
(1) In general,
older terms have been entered using their modern equivalent. And so…
(a) “supernumerary” [unassigned, usually
for health reasons, but not old enough for
retired status] is rendered “on
leave.”
(b) “superannuated” is rendered
“retired.”
(c) “presiding elder” is
rendered “district superintendent”.
(2) Prior to 1968,
persons could be licensed, ordained deacon and elder, and be assigned to a
charge – but could not be admitted as a member of conference if all the
educational requirements were not met.
The General Conference of 1968 created the category of associate member,
and several pastors with long service records were not actually admitted as
(associate) members of conference until 1969 or later.
(3) Although
technically beyond the stated scope of this list, we include all pastors from
the short-lived (1857-1868) predecessor East Baltimore Conference who served
Central Pennsylvania Conference churches – even if they died before 1868 or
returned to the
(4) Unless
identified otherwise, journal references (year, page) and admission/ordination
(year) are to the Central Pennsylvania Conference.