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Thomas Coke

Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Died when: 66 years 235 days (799 months)
Star Sign: Virgo

 

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke (9 September 1747 – 2 May 1814) was the first Methodist bishop.Born in Brecon, Wales, he was ordained as a priest in 1772, but expelled from his Anglican pulpit of South Petherton for being a Methodist.

Coke met John Wesley in 1776.He later co-founded Methodism in America and then established the Methodist missions overseas, which in the 19th century spread around the world.

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