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Titus Lowe | |
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| Born | (1877-12-17)17 December 1877 |
| Died | November 1959 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | English-American |
| Alma mater | Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A., M.A.); Western Theological Seminary |
| Occupation(s) | pastor,bishop |
| Spouse | |
| Children | two daughters |
| Parent(s) | William Henry and Anna (Scribbins) Lowe |
| Religion | Methodist Episcopal Church, The Methodist Church |
| Ordained | 1900 |
Congregations served | Pastor: Braddock, Pennsylvania;Calcutta, India;South Fork, Pennsylvania;Cedar Falls, Iowa;Omaha, Nebraska Episcopal ministry: Singapore;Portland, Oregon;Indianapolis |
The Rev.Titus Lowe (17 December 1877 – November 1959[1]) was anEnglish-Americanbishop of theMethodist Episcopal Church andThe Methodist Church, elected in 1924.
Titus Lowe was born inBilston,England, the son of William Henry and Anna (Scribbins) Lowe, and moved to America in 1892 at the age of 14 with his mother and sisters Annie, Louisa and Mary. His father and older brothers, Thomas and George, had moved to America in 1890, where they lived inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and worked in the area'ssteel mills. Lowe married Anna Bessie Creed (b. 1880) on October 18, 1901. They had two daughters, Madelyn Bessie Lowe and Evelyn Oldham Lowe, and a son who died in infancy. Anna died in 1911. Lowe married Edith Eglantine Egloff (b. 1876) on January 6, 1913, and had one daughter, Anna Jane Lowe, by that marriage. After Edith's death in 1955, Lowe married Ellen Louise Stoy (1890-1979) on January 8, 1957.
Lowe graduated fromOhio Wesleyan University, earning aB.A. degree in 1900 and anM.A. in 1908. He attended the Western Theological Seminary (nowPittsburgh Theological Seminary) between 1900 and 1902.[2] He was a member of theSigma Chi fraternity. He also received severalhonorary doctorates.
Lowe entered the PittsburghAnnual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1900. He was appointedpastor of the Fourth Street Methodist Church inBraddock, Pennsylvania, a post he held from 1900 to 1903. He then went as amissionary toIndia, pastoring theThoburnMethodist Church inCalcutta, 1903–1908.
Lowe returned to the United States in 1908 and was appointed pastor inSouth Fork, Pennsylvania (1908–09). Then he was appointed, in succession, to the First Methodist Churches ofCedar Falls, Iowa (1909–13) andOmaha, Nebraska (1913–21). In 1921, he was elected corresponding secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, holding in this position until elected to theepiscopacy.
In 1917–18, Lowe was alecturer under the auspices of the International Committee of theYMCA inFrance duringWorld War I. He was elected a delegate to Methodist Episcopal General Conferences (1916–24).
Lowe was elected to the episcopacy of the Methodist Episcopal Church by the 1924 General Conference. He was assigned to theSingaporeepiscopal area (1924–28). He was then assigned to thePortland, Oregon, Episcopal Area (1928–39) and to theIndianapolis Episcopal Area of The Methodist Church in 1939. His offices were located at 305 Underwriters Bldg. in Indianapolis.
Lowe's accomplishments were many while episcopal Leader inIndiana, including being acharter member of the World Service Commission of the Methodist Church,president of the Methodist Commission on Interdenominational Relations, president of the Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis and president of the Methodist "Council of Bishops".
Lowe was honored with theD.D. degree (1916) and theLL.D. degree (1926) by theNebraska Wesleyan University. Ohio Wesleyan gave him the D.D. in 1920. TheCollege of Puget Sound honored him with theL.H.D. in 1931.
Lowe was a33rd degreemason. He was also named a "Significant Sig" by the national Sigma Chi fraternity.
Lowe retired from the episcopacy in 1948, and was appointed executive secretary of theMethodist Commission on Overseas Relief for five years. He lived in Indianapolis until his death in November 1959.[1]
