Herman Hollerith IV explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Right Reverend
Herman Hollerith
Honorific-Suffix:M.Div.
Bishop of Southern Virginia
Church:Episcopal Church
Diocese:Southern Virginia
Elected:September 27, 2008
Term:2009–2018
Predecessor:David Conner Bane Jr.
Successor:Susan Bunton Haynes
Ordination:June 11, 1983 (deacon)
December 10, 1983 (priest)
Consecration:February 13, 2009
Consecrated By:Katharine Jefferts Schori
Birth Date:1955
Spouse:Lizzie Hollerith

Herman "Holly" Hollerith IV (born 1955) was the tenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, serving from 2009 until 2018.

Biography

Hollerith was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1955.[1] He studied at Denison University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science. He then studied at the Yale Divinity School from where he earned his Master of Divinity in 1983. He was ordained to the diaconate on June 11, 1983, and to the priesthood on December 10, 1983. He then became assistant at Christ Church in Roanoke, Virginia. He also served as rector of Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, Virginia and rector of Prince George Winyah in Georgetown, South Carolina.

He was consecrated on February 13, 2009, and retired on December 31, 2018.[2]

His brother is Randolph Hollerith, the current Dean of Washington National Cathedral.[3]

See also

References

  1. Web site: Hollerith Welcomes Hollerith. The Living Church. 18 January 2020. 25 October 2016.
  2. Web site: Bp. Hollerith to Retire 12/31. The Living Church. 18 January 2020. 26 February 2018.
  3. Web site: Randy Hollerith '86 new Dean of National Cathedral. Denison University. 30 November 2017. 27 May 2016.

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