William Frederic Pendleton

William Frederic Pendleton
Born	March 25, 1845
Died	November 5, 1927 (aged 82)
Employer	General Church of the New Jerusalem
Title	Executive Bishop
Children	Wertha Pendleton
Parent(s)	Philip Coleman Pendleton Catherine Sarah Melissa Tabeau

William Frederic Pendleton (born March 25, 1845 in Savannah, Georgia – November 5, 1927) was the first Executive Bishop of the General Church of the New Jerusalem, in Bryn Athyn, PA.^[1][2][3]

Biography

Pendleton was the son of Major Philip Coleman Pendleton and Catherine Sarah Melissa Tabeau.^[4] He became the first Executive Bishop of the General Church of the New Jerusalem in 1897.^[5] The General Church had split with the Swedenborgian Church of North America (sometimes known as the General Convention) in 1890 in a doctrinal dispute.

Publications

• The Science of Exposition The Academy Book Room, Bryn Athyn, PA: 1915
• Topics from the Writings The Academy Book Room, Bryn Athyn, PA: 1928
• Notes and Papers on Ritual Academy of the New Church Book Room, Bryn Athyn, PA: 1956.
• Confederate Memoirs, edited by Constance Pendleton, Bryn Athyn, PA: 1958

References

1. New Church Life 1927, p. 768
2. Pendleton, William Frederic (1958). Confederate Memoirs. p. 18.
3. The International Year Book. 1902. The institution includes a theological school, and colleges for boys and girls, this work being superintended by the bishop of the church, the Rev. William F. Pendleton.
4. Confederate Memoirs pp. 174-175
5. New Church Life 1897, p. 43