Background
Bickley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was from an old Philadelphia family, his father and grandfather being local elders and church builders.
Bickley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was from an old Philadelphia family, his father and grandfather being local elders and church builders.
Bachelor of Arts, Central High School, Philadelphia, 1885, Master of Arts, 1889. Special student, University of Pennsylvania. Bachelor of Divinity, Drew Theo., Seminary, 1890.
Doctor of Philosophy, Taylor University, Upland.
Indiana, 1901; Doctor of Divinity, Dickinson, 1919.
George entered the Traveling Ministry of the Philadelphia Annual Conference in 1890. One of these cousins was Bishop Charles Wesley Burns. Review Bickley was at one time chairman of Philadelphia Sunday meetings
Also prior to his election to the Episcopacy, he served as a Pastor and a District Superintendent.
Bishop Bickley died on December 24, 1924 in Philadelphia. He was buried in Saint James Cemetery in Olney, Philadelphia.
Funeral addresses given by Bishops Berry, Leonard and Welch, typed, also in the Methodist Bishops" Collection.
Mason.
Married Anna M. Felton, February 23, 1893.