The Right Reverend Richard Hooker Wilmer | |
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| Bishop of Alabama | |
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| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Alabama |
| Elected | November 21, 1861 |
| In office | 1862–1900 |
| Predecessor | Nicholas H. Cobbs |
| Successor | Robert Woodward Barnwell |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | April 19, 1840 by Richard Channing Moore |
| Consecration | March 6, 1862 by William Meade |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 15, 1816 |
| Died | June 14, 1900 (aged 84) Mobile, Alabama, United States |
| Buried | Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | William Holland Wilmer & Marion Cox [1] |
| Alma mater | Yale College |
Richard Hooker Wilmer (March 15, 1816 – June 14, 1900) was the second Bishop of Alabama in the Episcopal Church. Richard Wilmer was the only bishop to be consecrated by the Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America (PECCSA).
- ^ Whitaker, W.C. (2005). Richard Hooker Wilmer Second Bishop of Alabama. Kessinger Publishing. p. 6. ISBN 9781417919802. Retrieved 2015-02-04.