Adna Wright Leonard

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.

Biography
He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 2, 1874 to Adna B. Leonard. He was elected Bishop in 1916.

He married Mary Luella Day (1873-?) on October 9, 1901 and had the following children: Adna Wright Leonard II (1904-?); and Phyllis Day Leonard (1907-?).

He was elected to the Episcopacy of the Methodist Episcopal Church at the 1916 General Conference. He served in San Francisco, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.

He was killed on May 3, 1943 in a plane crash on his way to Iceland to visit Methodist chaplains and their troops.

Career

 * President of the New York Anti-Saloon League
 * Chairman The Methodist Commission on Chaplains
 * Headed trustees of the University of Southern California