William Gordon (Episcopal bishop)
- William Gordon (Episcopal bishop)
William J. Gordon Jr., bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska from 1948 to 1974, was known as the "Flying Bishop of Alaska" for his ministry of flying his own plane across the vast diocese.
Gordon, born in 1918 in North Carolina, was a priest's son and attended Virginia Theological Seminary. Invited to Alaska by Bishop John B. Bentley in 1943, he served five years as missionary-in-charge on the Arctic Coast. Gordon was consecrated bishop of Alaska in 1948. He retired in 1974 and later served as assistant bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan. Gordon died in Midland, Michigan, in 1994.
In order to continue Gordon's ministry, the Diocese of Alaska founded the Wings of the Spirit Transportation Endowment in 1992 as a non-profit corporation.
References and External Links
* "The Episcopal Church Annual" -Morehouse Publishing
* [http://ecdplus.org/clergy/ The Electronic Clerical Directory] -Church Publishing, Inc.
* [http://home.gci.net/~episcopalak/wings_about.htm Wings of the Spirit Transportation Endowment]
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