John Gottlieb Auer
Bishop of Liberia
J.G. Auer
Church	The Episcopal Church
Orders
Consecration	17 April 1873
Personal details
Born	18 November 1832 Neubulach, German Confederation
Died	16 February 1874 Cavalla Mission, Cape Palmas, Liberia

John Gottlieb Auer (November 18, 1832-February 16, 1874) was the second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Liberia.^[1]

Born in Württemberg, Germany, Auer was a Lutheran minister, but applied for and took orders in the Episcopal church, being ordained at Cavalla, Africa, in 1862. At a special meeting of the general convention, in October, 1872, Dr. Auer was elected missionary bishop of Cape Palmas, in Africa. He was consecrated 17 April, 1873. but was stricken down with fever, and his term of service was less than one year.

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Auer, John Gottlieb" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
•  Johnson, Rossiter, ed. (1906). "Auer, John Gottlieb". The Biographical Dictionary of America. Vol. 1. Boston: American Biographical Society. p. 165.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)