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Roberto Valenzuela Elphick was a British-Chilean bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1936. He was born 29 August 1873 in Antofagasta, Chile. He was the son of a British nitrate producer, Donald E. Elphick, and Tomasa Valenzuela, a Chilean Roman Catholic. Roberto was converted to the Evangelical Church by reading a New Testament given him by a Methodist Sunday School teacher, Mina Fawcett. Later his father, mother, and most of his brothers were also converted. Roberto joined the Presbyterian Church, and was ordained a minister in 1897. He transferred to the Chile Annual Conference of the M.E. Church in 1906. Prior to his election to the episcopacy, Roberto served as a pastor, educator, and evangelist. He was a delegate to the International Missionary Conference in Jerusalem, 1928. He was elected bishop in Buenos Aires, and was consecrated to that office in Columbus, Ohio. Selected writings Autobiography, in Spanish, a copy of which resides in the Methodist Bishops' Collection. The Teachings of Christ. See also List of bishops of the United Methodist Church References Leete, Frederick DeLand, Methodist Bishops. Nashville, The Parthenon Press, 1948.. Discover the Roberto Valenzuela popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Roberto Valenzuela books.