William Paul Quinn

For other people named William Quinn, see William Quinn (disambiguation).

William Paul Quinn (10 April 1788 – 21 February 1873) who said he was born in India and immigrated to the United States, was the fourth bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first independent black denomination in the United States when founded in 1816 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In 1836, Quinn was assigned as a missionary to what was known as the Northwest, specifically Indiana and Ohio, although he also traveled to Illinois and Missouri. He settled in Richmond, Indiana as his base, founding an AME Church there and several throughout these states. In 1844 he was elected as bishop and in 1849 as Senior Bishop of the church.

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