 He was also instrumental in acquiring a valuable collection on the little-known "Spanish Reformation," which is housed in the library of "La Facultad Evangelica de Teologia" in Buenos Aires, Argentina.In 1960, Reverend Bowman Foster Stockwell was elected to the episcopacy by the "Latin America Central Conference of The Methodist Church" and was thereafter referred to as Bishop Bowman Foster Stockwell.He was assigned to the "Pacific Episcopal Area" and chose to live in Lima, Peru.