Frederick Bohn Fisher - Episcopal Ministry

Episcopal Ministry

Rev. Fisher was elected to the Episcopacy in 1920 and assigned as Resident Bishop of the Calcutta Episcopal Area. He resigned the Episcopacy in 1930 and returned to the U.S.A. to became pastor of First United Methodist Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan. This is the only time on record that a Methodist bishop has resigned for other than health reasons, and he was the only bishop ever to return to the local pastoral work. In 1934 he accepted appointment as senior pastor of Central Methodist Church, Detroit While there Woodward Avenue, the main street in the city, was widened. In order not to lose the steeple and west wall, a thirty foot section was removed and the steeple and wall moved back to meet the rest of the church thus shortening the knave. Dr. Fisher designed a new recessed chancel including the new pulpit, reredos, mural of the apostles and had the ceiling painted with religious symbols from all over the world. He died 15 April 1938, Good Friday, in Detroit. His funeral was held on Easter Sunday in Central United Methodist Church, the only Easter funeral Detroit had ever known.