Luthar Bishop was a Methodist circuit rider.
His place of birth is unknown. Bishop was received on trial in 1803, and assigned to the Oswegotchie circuit as assistant to Vannest. In 1804 he was assigned to be Daniel Pickett's assistant, riding the Niagara and Long Point circuits. In 1805 he rode the Long Point circuit, this time alone.[1] He was moved to Smith's Creek in 1806.[2] He was ordained an Elder in 1807 and assigned to the Bay of Quinte Circuit, where Elias Pattie served as his assistant. In 1808, and again in 1809, he was assigned to the Black River Circuit. In 1810 he moved to the Genesee Conference, and rode the Westmoreland Circuit, with two elders serving as his assistants. In 1811 and again in 1812, he rode the Herkimer Circuit, and in 1813 the Mexico Circuit. In 1814, he was located.[3]
- ^ Carroll, John (1867). Case and his cotemporaries, or, The Canadian itinerants' memorial constituting a biographical history of Methodism in Canada, from its introduction into the Province, till the death of the Rev. Wm. Case in 1855. Vol. I. Toronto: Wesleyan Conference Office. p. 34.
- ^ Carroll, volume I, page 125
- ^ Carroll, volume I, page 155