De Schweinitz was born at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and studied theology at the Moravian College there and at Berlin. He entered the ministry in 1850 and after some years of pastoral life, became in 1870 Bishop of the Moravian church.
De Schweinitz was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and studied theology at Moravian College there and in Berlin. He entered the ministry in 1850 and after some years of pastoral work, became Bishop of the Moravian church in 1870.