William Paul Quinn
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1788 – 1873
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Who was William Paul Quinn?
William Paul Quinn was the fourth bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, an independent black denomination founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1816.
In 1836 he was assigned to Indiana and Ohio as a missionary; he settled in Richmond, Indiana as his base, founding an AME Church there and several throughout these states. In 1844 he was elected as bishop.
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- Born
- 1788
Kolkata - Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Richmond
- Died
- 1873
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on July 23, 2013
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