Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1912 — ELECT M'CONNELL A BISHOP [ARTICLE]

ELECT M'CONNELL A BISHOP

President of DePauw University Advanced to the Episcopacy by Methodists on Twenty-First Ballot. Minneapolis. - Minn., 'May 24.—Dr. Francis J. McConnell, president of De Pauw university, Greencastle, Ind., "as elected a bishop on the twentyfirst ballot late last night. He received 552 votes, with 500 necessary to a choice. President McConnell was born in Trinway, 0., August 18, 1871. He was educated at Ohio Wesleyan university and Boston School of Theology. His pastorates have been principally in the state of Massachusetts. He has been president of DePauw university since March, 1909.