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.
William J. White | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of the Southeast | |
| Church | Anglican Church in North America Reformed Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | REC Southeast |
| In office | 2020–2022 |
| Predecessor | Alphonza Gadsden |
| Successor | Willie J. Hill Jr. |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | January 17, 2009 by Leonard W. Riches |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1947 (age 76–77) |
Biography
editWhite 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
editWhite 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]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Meet Our Bishop". Diocese of the Southeast. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.