| Type: | Bishop |
| Honorific Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
| Wiley Roy Mason | |
| Honorific Suffix: | D.D. |
| Suffragan Bishop of Virginia | |
| Diocese: | Virginia |
| Elected: | May 1942 |
| Term: | 1942–1951 |
| Retired: | --> |
| Other Post: | Assistant Bishop of Virginia (1951-1967) |
| Ordination: | May 24, 1908 |
| Ordained By: | Robert Atkinson Gibson |
| Consecration: | September 22, 1942 |
| Consecrated By: | Henry St. George Tucker |
| Birth Date: | 9 November 1878 |
| Buried: | St John's Church, King George, Virginia |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| Parents: | Julian J. Mason and Elizabeth Freeland |
| Spouse: | Mary Ruffin Jones |
| Children: | 2 |
| Previous Post: | --> |
| Alma Mater: | College of William & Mary |
Wiley Roy Mason (November 9, 1878 - December 25, 1967) was a bishop of The Episcopal Church, serving in the Diocese of Virginia as suffragan from 1942 to 1951.
Mason was born on November 9, 1878, in King George, Virginia, the son of Julian J. Mason and Elizabeth Freeland. He studied at the College of William & Mary from where he graduated in 1904. He was also educated at the Virginia Theological Seminary from where he graduated in 1907.[1]
Mason was ordained deacon in 1907 and priest on May 24, 1908, by Bishop Robert Atkinson Gibson, the latter in the Immanuel Chapel of the Virginia Theological Seminary.[2] He was appointed in charge of the Mission Home District of the Archdeaconry of Blue Ridge, a post he retained till 1918. In 1918 he became rector of Christ Church in Charlottesville, Virginia, while in 1926 he became Archdeacon of the Blue Ridge.[3]
Mason was elected Suffragan Bishop of Virginia in May 1942, during the 147th diocesan council meeting which took place between the 26 and 28 of May. He was consecrated on September 22, 1942, by Presiding Bishop Henry St. George Tucker, in Christ Church, Charlottesville, Virginia. He retained the post till his retirement in 1951, however, he remained Assistant Bishop of Virginia till his death. He died after a prolonged illness on Christmas Day, 1967.[4] [5]