Adna Wright Leonard
Bishop Adna Wrigh Leonard | |
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| Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church | |
| Church | United Methodist Church |
| Diocese | Washington D.C. |
| In office | 1916–1943 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1899 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 2, 1874 Cincinnati, Ohio, US |
| Died | May 3, 1943 (aged 68) Fagradalsfjall, Iceland |
| Education | New York University Drew Theological Seminary The American School of Archeology in Rome |
Bishop Adna Wright Leonard I (November 2, 1874 – May 3, 1943) was a Methodist bishop in Buffalo, New York, and the first chairman of the Methodist Commission on Chaplains. He was killed in 1943 in a plane crash on his way to Iceland to visit Methodist chaplains and their troops.