Epiphany 2005

Bishop Consecrated and Installed for Diocese of the Southern States

The Venerable Dr. William Conger Wiygul was unanimously elected Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of the Southern States at a special synod of that diocese on Friday, November 5, 2004, in Montevallo, Alabama. The consecration and enthronement was at the Pro-Cathedral of the Holy Comforter in Montevallo.

Archbishop Robert S. Morse was the chief consecrator. Co-consecrators were the Rt. Rev. James Clark, retired first bishop of the Diocese of the Southern States; the Rt. Rev. Frederick Morrison, Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of the Southwestern States; the Rt. Rev. James Provence, Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of the Western States; and the Rt. Rev. Rocco Florenza, Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of the Eastern States. Bishop Provence was the homilist.

Bishop Wiygul was born in Natches, Mississippi. A graduate of the University of Mississippi, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee in Medical Clinical Microbiology. Later, he attended St. Joseph of Arimathea Anglican Theological College in Berkeley, California. Bishop Wiygul and his wife Beth are long time residents of Montevallo. Prior to his election to the episcopate, Bishop Wiygul served as rector of the Church of the Holy Comforter, administrator of the Diocese of the Southern States, and secretary of the College of Bishops.