Charles Gotthold Reichel (14 July 1751 – 18 April 1825) was a Moravian bishop.

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Reichel was born in Hermsdorf,

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in 1751. He was educated in the Moravian college and theological seminary of Germany. In 1784 he went to the United States in order to open a

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for boys at

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, which was still in operation by the end of the 19th century, and over which he presided, as its first principal, for 16 years. Having been appointed presiding bishop of the southern district of the Moravian church, he was consecrated to the episcopacy in 1801. During his residence at Salem, North Carolina, the

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conferred on him the degree of D.D. In 1811 he was appointed presiding bishop of the northern district of the church, and moved to

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. In 1818, he attended the general synod at

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, after which he remained in Europe and retired from active service. He died in 1825 in

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, aged 73.

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* 1751 births 1825 deaths 19th-century Moravian bishops People from Głogów County University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni People from Nazareth, Pennsylvania People from Salem, North Carolina Religious leaders from Pennsylvania {{US-bishop-stub

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