D. Stanley Coors
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D. Stanley Coors was an American Bishop of The Methodist Church, elected in 1952. He was born 1 August 1889 in Pentwater, Michigan. Prior to his election to the Episcopacy, Rev. Coors had a distinguished career in the Methodist ministry in the State of Michigan. As such, he was a close friend and a fellow laborer with (future-Bishop) Marshall Russell Reed. Among the Michigan churches he pastored, the Rev. Dr. Coors served the Central Methodist Church of Lansing, Michigan for fourteen years (until elected a Bishop). His final sermon, preached July 1952, was "There Is So Little Time."
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[edit] Bishop Coors, the Man
One biographer states about Bishop Coors, "he was a refined, quiet, Christian gentleman, tall and spare in appearance. He commanded great respect wherever he went and was a thoughtful preacher."
[edit] Episcopal Ministry
Bishop Coors was elected by the North Central Jurisdictional Conference of The Methodist Church in 1952. He was assigned to the St. Paul Episcopal Area. This proved to be the only assignment he would serve. He was, however, host to the 1956 General Conference of The Methodist Church at Minneapolis.
[edit] Death and Burial
Bishop Coors became ill on an episcopal visit to Germany, from which illness he never fully recovered. He died 6 March 1960 in Minneapolis, just a few weeks before he was due to retire. His body is buried in Lansing, Michigan.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Short, Roy Hunter, Bp., History of the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church 1939-1979, Nashville, Abingdon, 1980.
