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Sylvanus C. Breyfogel
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Sylvanus Charles Breyfogel (July 20, 1851 – November 24, 1934) was an American bishop of the Evangelical Association, elected in 1891.
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]
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