William White (bishop of the Southeast)

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William J. White
Bishop of the Southeast
Church Anglican Church in North America
Reformed Episcopal Church
Diocese REC Southeast
In office2020–2022
Predecessor Alphonza Gadsden
Successor Willie J. Hill Jr.
Orders
ConsecrationJanuary 17, 2009
by  Leonard W. Riches
Personal details
Born1947 (age 7576)

William Joseph White (born 1947) is an American Anglican bishop who served as bishop ordinary of the Reformed Episcopal Church's Diocese of the Southeast.

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Biography

White was born in St. Stephen, South Carolina. He received his M.Div. from Cummins Theological Seminary in Summerville, South Carolina. He served several churches in the Diocese of the Southeast as a presbyter before being elected as suffragan bishop in the diocese. [1]

On January 17, 2009, White was consecrated as the suffragan bishop of the Diocese of the Southeast at New Israel Reformed Episcopal Church in Charleston. REC Presiding Bishop Leonard W. Riches was the chief consecrator, joined by Sanco K. Rembert, Alphonza Gadsden, Royal U. Grote Jr., David L. Hicks, and Ray R. Sutton. [2]

White was elected bishop coadjutor in 2015, and on December 12, 2020, he succeeded Gadsden as the eighth bishop ordinary of the Southeast. [1] In September 2022, White retired. Bishop co-adjutor Willie J. Hill Jr. was installed to succeed White as the ninth bishop ordinary during the diocese's annual synod. [3]

Personal life

White married Vivian Jenkins in 1970; she died in 2018. They have two surviving children and one deceased child. In 2020, White was remarried to Gail Wilson. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Meet Our Bishop". Diocese of the Southeast. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  2. "Consecrations of Bishops" (PDF). Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church: 209. 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  3. Sutton, Ray (October 5, 2022). "Report of the Bishop Ordinary" (PDF). Reports for the One Hundred Fifteenth Synod. Diocese of Mid-America. p. 13. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
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Preceded by VIII REC Bishop of the Southeast
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