David Nitschmann der Bischof
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Bishop
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, December 18, 1695/1696, Zauchtenthal/Suchdol nad Odrou
Suchdol nad Odrou
Suchdol nad Odrou a market town in Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was from Suchdol/Zauchtenthal that many of the first religious refugees beginning in 1722 came to the estate of Count von Zinzendorf to begin the building of Herrnhut and later to renew the Unitas Fratrum of their...
, Northern Moravia
Moravia
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- October 5, 1772, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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, USA) was with Johann Leonhard Dober
Johann Leonhard Dober
Johann Leonhard Dober was, along with David Nitschmann, one of the two first missionaries of the Moravian Brethren in the West Indies in 1732.- Early Years in Germany :Dober learned the trade of pottery from his father...
one of the two first missionaries of the Moravian Brethren (Herrnhuter Brüder) in the West Indies in 1732, and the first Bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of the Renewed Unitas Fratrum
Unitas Fratrum
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, the Moravian Church or Evangelische Brüdergemeine.
In 1735 in Berlin
Berlin
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, he was consecrated the first Bishop of the Herrnhuter Brüder or Moravians by Daniel Ernst Jablonski
Daniel Ernst Jablonski
Daniel Ernst Jablonski , German theologian and reformer of Czech origin, known for his efforts to bring about a union between Lutheran and Calvinist Protestants.-Life:...
, Grandson of John Amos Comenius, the last Bishop of the Ancient Unitas Fratrum.
He landed at Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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, in 1741 and was instrumental in the founding of Bethlehem, PA where he died in 1772 .
External links
- (Papers of David Nitschmann (Bishop) (PDF)
- The Moravians in Georgia, Chapter 6
- http://web.archive.org/web/20091027152737/http://www.geocities.com/janet_ariciu/Linebaugh.html