Frederick DeLand Leete

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Frederick DeLand Leete (born October 1, 1866 in Avon , New York , † February 1958 in Saint Petersburg , Pinellas County , Florida ) was a Methodist theologian and bishop .

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His parents were Menzo Smith and Hannah Amelia (DeLand) Leete. He studied at Syracuse University , where he received his bachelor's degree in 1889 and his master's degree in 1891 . From 1888 he was a member of the New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and served in New York state congregations until he was called to pastor the Central Methodist Church in Detroit , Michigan in 1906 . The 1912 general conference elected Leete bishop. Until his retirement he served two four-year terms in three different locations: from 1912 to 1920 in Atlanta , then until 1928 in Indianapolis and finally until 1936 in Omaha . Because of his experiences in both northern and southern states of the United States, Bishop Leete promoted the unification of the Methodist churches. He was also a participant in the Ecumenical Methodist Conferences of 1911, 1921 and 1931, and President of the Ecumenical Council of the Americas and Orient from 1931 to 1944 .

Frederick D. Leete was a member of the American Historical Association . As a church historian , he collected a significant amount of manuscripts and published a fundamental work on the bishops of the Methodist Church and other books on aspects of Methodist church history. He donated his Methodist Historical Library to the Bridwell Library in 1956 . In 1936, Southern Methodist University awarded Bishop Leete an honorary doctorate in law .

Frederick Leete was married to Jeanette Fuller since July 28, 1891. The couple had three children.

Publications

  • Every-day Evangelism (1909)
  • Christian Brotherhoods (1912)
  • The Church in the City (1915)
  • Palestine: Land of the Light (1917)
  • Christianity in Science (1928)
  • Palestine: its Scenery, Peoples and History (1933)
  • Pictures of Jesus (1935)
  • Skyward: A Book of Horizons (1936)
  • New Testament Windows (1939)
  • The Deland Family in America: a Biographical Genealogy (1943)
  • Methodist Bishops (1948).

In addition, 21 of his sermons, speeches, essays and book reviews appeared in print between 1901 and 1947.

literature

  • Jesse E. Earl: Frederick D. Leete. In: Encyclopedia of World Methodism. Volume 2. United Methodist Publishing House, Nashville 1974.
  • Kate Warnick: The Romance of Methodism: The Methodist Historical Library, Inc. In: Perkins School of Theology Journal Fall 1945 issue, pp. 17-21.

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personal data
SURNAME Leete, Frederick DeLand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leete, Frederick D.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Methodist theologian and bishop
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Avon , New York
DATE OF DEATH February 1958
Place of death Saint Petersburg , Pinellas County, Florida