William G. Burrill

William George Burrill (born April 17, 1934) was sixth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, serving from 1984 to 1999.

The Right Reverend

William George Burrill

D.D.
Bishop of Rochester
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseRochester
ElectedNovember 5, 1983
In office1984-1999
PredecessorRobert R. Spears Jr.
SuccessorJack Marston McKelvey
Other postsAssistant Bishop of Arizona
Orders
Ordination1959
by Charles L. Street
ConsecrationApril 26, 1984
by John Allin
Personal details
Born (1934-04-17) April 17, 1934
New York City, New York, United States
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsGerald Francis Burrill & Janet Burrill.
SpouseKay Clough (m. 1960, d.2010)
Marilyn Carol Usher (m. 2013)
Children4
Previous postCoadjutor Bishop of Rochester (1984)
Alma materSewanee: The University of the South

Early life and education

Burrill was born in 1934 in New York City, the son of the Reverend Gerald Francis Burrill, later Bishop of Chicago, and Janet Burrill. He studied at the at Sewanee: The University of the South and later at the General Theological Seminary. He also has a Master of Divinity and a Doctor of Divinity from General.

Ordination

Burrill was ordained deacon on June 20, 1959, by Bishop Charles L. Street, Suffragan of Chicago and a priest later that year. He served as the Episcopal chaplain at the University of California between 1962 and 1973. He was also vicar of St Martin's Church in Davis, California and later became rector of the same church. In 1982 he was appointed Archdeacon of Northern California. [1]

Bishop

Burrill was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Rochester on November 5, 1983, after 18 ballots during a special convention which took place in Christ Church in Corning, New York. He was consecrated on April 26, 1984, by Presiding Bishop John Allin in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Rochester, New York. He succeeded as diocesan bishop on July 1, 1984, upon the retirement of Robert R. Spears Jr.. He remained in Rochester till 1999 after which he served as Assistant Bishop of Arizona. He is also Bishop-in-Residence at All Saints' Church in Phoenix, Arizona. [2]

Family

Burrill married Kay Clough in 1960 and together had four children. After his wife died in 2010, he married Marilyn Carol Usher in 2013.

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gollark: It would be especially great if, like phones now, your car just didn't get security patches after 5 months, and gained an ever-growing pile of remotely exploitable vulnerabilities.
gollark: They should probably just not have network access, except for a wired connection to upload maps and such. Unfortunately, someone will definitely do something stupid like... have a 4G connection in it for interweb browsing, make the entire thing run some accursed Android derivative and put the self-driving code on there too, and expose that to the user, and make it wildly insecure.
gollark: I'm sure someone will manage to entirely mess up the security, yes.
gollark: (Just kidding! There's no way car OSes will be (are, probably) non-locked-down enough to do that!)

References
  1. "Rochester Taps Burrill as Bishop-coadjutor", Episcopal News Service, November 10, 1983. Retrieved on 15 March 2019.
  2. "The Rt. Rev. William Burrill", All Saints Episcopal Church, Phoenix. Retrieved on 15 March 2019.



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