Titus Lowe papers

Bishop Titus Lowe immigrated to the U.S. from Britain as a boy and later attended Ohio Wesleyan University and Western Theological Seminary. After serving in churches throughout the U.S. and India, he was called to be Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions and was elected Bishop in 1924, assigned successively to the Singapore area, the Portland Area and the Indianapolis Area. Bishop Lowe was a member of the Indiana conference and his achievements were many: Charter member of the World Service Commission, President of the Methodist Commission on Interdenominational Relations, President of the Council of Bishops and President of the Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis, among others. He also received several honorary doctorates. Lowe retired from the Episcopacy in 1948 and became Executive Secretary of the Methodist Commission on Overseas Relief for five years. He lived out his retirement in Indianapolis until his death in November 1959.