deaths
September 18, 1792
August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German bishop and theologian (born 1704)
August Gottlieb Spangenberg
August Gottlieb Spangenberg was a German theologian, minister, and bishop of the Moravian Church. As successor to Nicolaus Zinzendorf as bishop of the Moravian Church, he helped develop and lead international Moravian missions in colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania and stabilized Moravian theology and organization.