Ernest A. Fitzgerald is a retired American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1984. Retirement is the status of a worker who has stopped working. ... A mitre is used as a symbol of the bishops ministry. ... This article is about the current denomination in the United States. ...

Birth and Family

Ernest was born 24 July 1925 in Crouse, North Carolina. He married Sarah Frances Perry of Wingate, North Carolina 24 August 1945. The Fitzgeralds have two children: son Jimmy and wife Phyllis; and daughter Patty and husband Charles Poole. The Fitzgeralds also have three grandchildren. Wingate is a town located in Union County, North Carolina. ...

Education

Ernest earned the A.B. degree from Western Carolina University (1947). He earned the Bachelor of Divinity degree from Duke Divinity School (1951). He has honorary doctorates from High Point College (1969), Pfeiffer College (1986), Greensboro College (1993) and Union College (1994). In addition, he received Distinguished Alumni Awards from Western Carolina (1981) and Duke Divinity School (1983). A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... Western Carolina University is one of the sixteen public universities that make up the University of North Carolina System. ... A Bachelor of Divinity (BD or BDiv) is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a courses taken in the study of divinity or related disciplines, such as theology or, rarely, religious studies. ... The recently completed Goodson Chapel, part of the Divinity Schools latest addition. ... An Honorary degree (Latin: honoris causa ad gradum) is a degree awarded to someone by an institution that he or she may have never attended, it may be a bachelors, masters or doctorate degree - however, the latter is most common. ... Pfeiffer University is a small private university located in the unincorporated community of Misenheimer near Richfield, North Carolina. ... Greensboro College is a four year, independent, coeducational institution located in Greensboro, North Carolina and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. ... The architectural centerpiece of the Union campus, the Nott Memorial, is named after the colleges president from 1804-1866, Eliphalet Nott. ...

Ordained Ministry

During his college years, Ernest pastored the Webster Circuit of the Western North Carolina Annual Conference of the Methodist Church, of which he became a Member in Full Connection and was ordained Elder in 1949. He subsequently served the following pastorates in this conference: Liberty Circuit (1947-50); Calvary Church in Asheboro (1950-55); Abernathy Church in Asheville (1955-59); Purcell Church in Charlotte (1959-64); Grace Church in Greensboro (1964-66); Centenary Church in Winston-Salem (1966-82); and the West Market Street Church in Greensboro. Webster is a unincorporated community located in Jackson County, North Carolina. ... Western North Carolina (often WNC) is the region of North Carolina which includes the Appalachian Mountains. ... The United Methodist Annual Conference is the regional body that governs much of the life of the Connectional Church. ... The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist denomination, and the second-largest Protestant one, in the United States. ... This article is about the sacrament. ... Liberty is generally considered a concept of political philosophy and identifies the condition in which an individual has immunity from the arbitrary exercise of authority. ... Calvary (Golgotha) is the English-language name given to the hill on which Jesus was crucified. ... Asheboro is a city located in Randolph County, North Carolina. ... Downtown Asheville bustles with activity at midday while smog silently obscures the Smoky Mountains to the west. ... Charlotte (also known as candle stick) is a figure skating grace move - one of the spirals, where the skater is bended and glides on its one leg with the other one lifted to the air. ... Greensboro is the name of some places in the United States of America: Greensboro, Alabama Greensboro, Florida Greensboro, Georgia Greensboro, Maryland Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro, Pennsylvania Greensboro, Vermont This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Winston-Salem is a city located in Forsyth County, North Carolina. ...

Rev. Fitzgerald was elected a delegate to the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference of the U.M. Church, 1968-84, and to the General Conference, 1980-84. He also attended the World Methodist Conferences of 1966 and 1971.

The author of numerous books, Rev. Fitzgerald also was a regular contributor to the Piedmont Airlines inflight magazine, the Jaycees publication, and AMTRAK. He has also written for U.M. publications. In 1983 he was the Preacher for the Methodist series of the radio program "The Protestant Hour." Piedmont Airlines Logo Piedmont Airlines began flying in 1948. ... The United States Junior Chamber or Jaycees is an organization aimed at individuals aged 21 to 39 to help them in business and their professional careers. ... Acela Express in West Windsor, NJ Amtrak Cascades service with tilting Talgo trainsets in Seattle, Washington Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida For other uses, see Amtrak (disambiguation). ... The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist, the largest mainline, and, after the Southern Baptist Convention, the second-largest Protestant denomination in the United States. ... Preacher is a colloquial term for a clergyman, in particular a local priest, pastor or Minister; one who preaches. ... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ...

Episcopal Ministry

The 1984 Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference, meeting at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, elected Rev. Fitzgerald a Bishop of the Church. He was assigned to the Atlanta Episcopal Area (the North and South Georgia Annual Conferences). Bishop Fitzgerald also served on the U.M. General Council on Ministries, the Task Force on the Korean Church, the Older Adult Task Force, and as President of the United Methodist Development Fund. Methodist Headuarters in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina Lake Junaluska is a census-designated place located in Haywood County, North Carolina, USA. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 2,675. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ...

He retired in 1992.

References

• InfoServ, the official information service of The United Methodist Church. [1]
• The Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church[2]

See also

• List of Bishops of the United Methodist Church