Richard Hooker Wilmer

The Right Reverend

Richard Hooker Wilmer
Bishop of Alabama
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseAlabama
ElectedNovember 21, 1861
In office1862–1900
PredecessorNicholas H. Cobbs
SuccessorRobert Woodward Barnwell
Orders
OrdinationApril 19, 1840
by Richard Channing Moore
ConsecrationMarch 6, 1862
by William Meade
Personal details
Born(1816-03-15)March 15, 1816
DiedJune 14, 1900(1900-06-14) (aged 84)
Mobile, Alabama, United States
BuriedMagnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsWilliam Holland Wilmer & Marion Cox [1]
Alma materYale 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).

  1. ^ Whitaker, W.C. (2005). Richard Hooker Wilmer Second Bishop of Alabama. Kessinger Publishing. p. 6. ISBN 9781417919802. Retrieved 2015-02-04.