R. William Franklin | |
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Bishop of Western New York | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Western New York |
Elected | November 20, 2010 |
In office | 2011–2019 |
Predecessor | J. Michael Garrison |
Orders | |
Ordination | 2005 |
Consecration | April 30, 2011 by Katharine Jefferts Schori |
Rank | Bishop |
Personal details | |
Born | Ralph William Franklin January 3, 1947 |
Denomination | Anglican |
Spouse | Carmela Vircillo (m. 1971) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Virginia Theological Seminary |
Ralph William Franklin (born January 3, 1947) was the eleventh Bishop of Western New York in the Episcopal Church between 2011 and 2019. [1] He is Assisting Bishop of Long Island.
Franklin was born in on January 3, 1947, in Brookhaven, Mississippi . He graduated with a B.A. from Northwestern University and a PhD in Church History from Harvard University. Prior to ordination, Franklin served as Dean of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale and professor at General Theological Seminary and St John's in Minnesota. After ordination, Franklin also served some time in Italy as associate priest at St Paul's Within the Walls in Rome, associate director of the American Academy in Rome, associate priest of the Anglican Centre in Rome and vicar of the Church of the Resurrection in Orvieto. He returned to the United States and was appointed senior associate priest at St Mark's Church in Philadelphia in July 2010. A few months later, on November 20, 2010, Franklin was elected Bishop of Western New York. He was consecrated on April 30, 2011, by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori. [2]
Franklin retired as Bishop of Western New York in April 2019. [3] [4]
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