John Bryan Small (March 14, 1845 – January 15, 1905) was a Barbadian-American bishop in the AME Zion Church.

John Bryan Small was born in Saint Joseph, Barbados on March 14, 1845.

In 1871 he travelled to the United States, becoming a preacher with the AME Zion Church.

[1] In 1896 he was elected AME Zion bishop to Africa, where he concentrated his work in the Gold Coast, training indigenous African church leaders including James E. K. Aggrey by sending them to Livingstone College.

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