Thomas Coke (bishop)

The Reverend Thomas Coke
President of the Methodist Conference
In office 1797–1798
Preceded by	Thomas Taylor
Succeeded by	Joseph Benson
In office 1805–1806
Preceded by	Henry Moore
Succeeded by	Adam Clarke
Personal details
Born	9 September 1747 Brecon, South Wales
Died	2 May 1814 (1814-05-03) (aged 66)
Occupation	Methodist bishop

Thomas Coke (9 September 1747 – 2 May 1814) was the first Methodist bishop.^[1] Born in Brecon, Wales, he was ordained as a priest in 1772, but expelled from his Anglican pulpit of South Petherton for being a Methodist. Coke met John Wesley in 1776. He later co-founded Methodism in America and then established the Methodist missions overseas, which in the 19th century spread around the world.