Irish Americam General Superintentent
OUR GENERAL SUPERINTENTENTS ...Isaac W. Joyce, D.D., LL.D., traces his ancestry back to Ireland and the city of Dublin. He was born, however, in Hamilton county, Ohio, October 11, 1836. During his childhood his father removed to Indiana, where for many years he attended to farming pursuits. At 16 he was converted and united with the Church. Succeeding years were devoted to college study and to teaching. In 1859 he joined the Northwest Indiana Conference and was ordained deacon by Bishop Simpson in 1861, and elder by Bishop Morris in 1863. He served several of the leading charges in the Conference, and was presiding elder of the East Lafayette District for four years. From Indiana Asbury (now DePauw) University he received the degree of A.M., and from Dickinson College that of D.D., in 1876. He was delegated to the general Conference of 1880, and served as Secretary of the Committee on Itineracy. He was transferred to the Cincinnati Conference in September, 1880, and served as pastor of St. Paul's, Cincinnati; Trinity Church, Cincinnati; and by unanimous request was reappointed to St. Paul's for a second term in 1886. By appointment of the Bishops he represented the Methodist Episcopal Church at the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Canada, in September, 1886. He was chosen Bishop in 1888, and now resides at Chattanooga, Tenn. [Tennessee?]Close