William White (bishop of the Southeast)
{{Short description|American Anglican bishop}}
{{distinguish|William White (bishop of Pennsylvania)}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = The Right Reverend
| name = William J. White
| title = Bishop of the Southeast
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| church = Anglican Church in North America
Reformed Episcopal Church
| archdiocese =
| diocese = REC Southeast
| see =
| term = 2020–2022
| predecessor = Alphonza Gadsden
| successor = Willie J. Hill Jr.
| ordination =
| consecration = January 17, 2009
| consecrated_by = Leonard W. Riches
| rank =
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1947}}
| birth_place = St. Stephen, South Carolina
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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.
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.{{cite web |title=Meet Our Bishop |url=http://rec-dse.org/bishop_bio.html |website=Diocese of the Southeast |access-date=17 November 2022}}
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.{{cite journal |title=Consecrations of Bishops |journal=Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church |year=2017 |page=209 |url=http://www.rechurch.org/documents/GCJournals/GCREC55.pdf |access-date=16 November 2022}}
White was elected bishop coadjutor in 2015, and on December 12, 2020, he succeeded Gadsden as the eighth bishop ordinary of the Southeast. 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.{{cite web |last1=Sutton |first1=Ray |title=Report of the Bishop Ordinary |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5665ac3ce4b07298bc144cf6/t/633c9dc96c319d33ae109edc/1664916938537/115Reports.pdf |website=Reports for the One Hundred Fifteenth Synod |publisher=Diocese of Mid-America |access-date=21 December 2022 |page=13 |date=October 5, 2022}}
Personal life
References
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External links
- [http://rec-dse.org/bishop_bio.html Diocesan website profile]
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{{S-bef|before=Alphonza Gadsden}}
{{S-ttl|title=VIII REC Bishop of the Southeast|years=2020–2022}}
{{S-after|after=Willie J. Hill Jr.}}
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Category:Bishops of the Anglican Church in North America
Category:21st-century Anglican bishops in the United States