Quinn, William Paul, 1788-1873

found: The doctrines and discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1852:t.p. (William Paul Quinn)

found: OCLC, Oct. 11, 2007(hdg.: Quinn, William Paul, 1788-1873; usage: W. Paul Quinn, Wm. Paul Quinn, William Paul Quinn)

found: African American National Biography, accessed March 14, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Quinn, William Paul; AME Church bishop and missionary; born 10 April 1788 in Calcutta, India; affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church at New Hope, Pennsylvania (1806-1807); converted to African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Bucks County, Pennsylvania (1808) and received license to preach (1812); pastored Macedonia AME in Flushing, New York (1824-1826); came into conflict with Bishop Allen (1826-1827); established a church outside the AME Connection in New York City (1827); became a Prince Hall Mason in a New York Lodge; was excommunicated from the AME (1828); readmitted and assigned to missionary duties in the West and Midwest (1833); became bishop (1844) and senior bishop (1849), vice president of Delany's First National Emigration Convention in Cleveland (1854); was active as late as 1869, played a monumental role in the development of independent black churches before the Civil War; died 21 February 1873 in Richmond, Indiana, United States)