Thomas Coke | |
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President of the Methodist Conference | |
In office 1797–1798 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Taylor |
Succeeded by | Joseph Benson |
In office 1805–1806 | |
Preceded by | Henry Moore |
Succeeded by | Adam Clarke |
Personal details | |
Born | 9 September 1747 Brecon, South Wales |
Died | 2 May 1814 | (aged 66)
Occupation | Methodist bishop |
Thomas Coke (9 September 1747 – 2 May 1814) was the first Methodist bishop.[1] 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.