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John Gottlieb Auer

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John Gottlieb Auer
Bishop of Liberia
J.G. Auer
ChurchThe Episcopal Church
Orders
Consecration17 April 1873
Personal details
Born18 November 1832
Neubulach, German Confederation
Died16 February 1874
Cavalla Mission, Cape Palmas, Liberia

John Gottlieb Auer (November 18, 1832-February 16, 1874) was the second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Liberia.[1]

Born in Württemberg, Germany, Auer was a Lutheran minister, but applied for and took orders in the Episcopal church, being ordained at Cavalla, Africa, in 1862. At a special meeting of the general convention, in October, 1872, Dr. Auer was elected missionary bishop of Cape Palmas, in Africa. He was consecrated 17 April, 1873. but was stricken down with fever, and his term of service was less than one year.

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  1. ^ Batterson, Hermon Griswold (1891). A Sketch-book of the American Episcopate (3rd ed.). Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company. pp. 268–269. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
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