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William E. Smalley

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The Right Reverend

William E. Smalley
Bishop of Kansas
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseKansas
Elected1989
In office1989-2003
PredecessorRichard F. Grein
SuccessorDean E. Wolfe
Orders
OrdinationMarch 5, 1966
by Frederick J. Warnecke
ConsecrationDecember 8, 1989
by Edmond L. Browning
Personal details
Born (1940-04-08) April 8, 1940 (age 84)
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsAugust H. Smalley, Emma Gleason
SpouseCarole

William Edward Smalley (born April 8, 1940) was the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas from 1989 to 2003.

Biography

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Smalley was born on April 8, 1940, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the son of August H. Smalley and Emma Gleason. After attending public schools in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, he studied at Lehigh University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1962, and then the Episcopal Divinity School where he earned his Master of Divinity in 1965. He also graduated with a Master of Education from Temple University in 1970, and a Doctor of Ministry from the Wesley Theological Seminary in 1987. [1]

Smalley was ordained to deacon in June 1965 by the Bishop Frederick J. Warnecke of Bethlehem, and then priest on March 5, 1966, by the same prelate.[2] He served as vicar of St Peter's Church in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, and vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in Nuangola, Pennsylvania, between 1965 and 1967. From 1967 to 1980 Smalley served in a variety of roles, including two years as rector of All Saints Church in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, and then as Federal Program Coordinator for the Lehighton Area School District. He returned as rector of All Saints and worked to develop a cluster ministry. Prior to his election, he was serving as rector of Ascension Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He was consecrated on December 8, 1989, at Grace Cathedral by Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning. [3] [4] He retired on December 31, 2003, and served for six months at St Philip’s Church in Topeka, Kansas.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "William Edward Smalley". The Episcopal Church Annual: 351. 1991.
  2. ^ "Ordinations". The Living Church. 152: 15. March 27, 1966.
  3. ^ "Previous Bishops of Kansas". Episcopal Diocese of Kansas. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  4. ^ "The Ordination and Consecration of William Edward Smalley as a Bishop in the Church of God and Eighth Bishop of Kansas". Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library]. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  • Episcopal Clerical Directory 2015