William Kenneth Pope
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William Kenneth Pope was a Bishop
Bishop
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 of The Methodist Church, elected in 1960. He was elected by the South Central Jurisdictional Conference of the Church and assigned the Arkansas
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 Episcopal Area, encompassing the North Arkansas and Little Rock Conferences; and then the North Texas
Texas
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and Central Texas Annual Conferences, where he served from 1964 until his retirement in 1972. After retirement he served as Bishop-in-Residence at the Perkins School of Theology
Perkins School of Theology
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, Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University
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. He was a former Chairman of the University's Regents. He lived in Dallas, Texas
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. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha
Lambda Chi Alpha
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 Fraternity.

Bishop Pope died of natural causes Monday 26 June 1989. He was 87 years old. He was survived by a daughter, Catherine Pope of Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
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; and a son, Kenneth, of Los Angeles
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