Methodist Episcopal Church was organized. While itinerating in Liberia, Bishop Levi Scott ordained the first African deacons and elders in 1853. In 1856, the General Conference created a new position, the missionary bishop, to oversee the foreign mission fields. The Liberian Conference elected Francis Burns to be its missionary bishop, and he was consecrated in 1858, becoming the Methodist Episcopal Church's first African American bishop. As a missionary bishop, Burns was not considered a general superintendent of the church, and his episcopal authority was limited to his assigned field. Domestically, there were efforts among Native American tribes, such as the Wyandotte of Ohio;
St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church (San Diego, California) then rededicated on June 16, 1974. The congregation of the college chapel, in a new building as St. Dunstan's Church, continues to worship in the San Diego community of San Carlos. St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church (San Diego, California) St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church is an Episcopal church in San Diego, California. It belongs to the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego. What became St. Dunstan's College Chapel at San Diego State College was originally St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Opened in 1887 in an English Gothic Revival building with a steeple at Eighth Avenue and C Street, it was designed by Wilcox &