William Wesley Millsaps is the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Missionary Church

Episcopal Missionary Church

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, and the rector of Christ Church in Monteagle

Monteagle, Tennessee

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, Tennessee

Tennessee

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He graduated from Princeton University

Princeton University

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 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1961. At the General Theological Seminary

General Theological Seminary

The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church is a seminary of the Episcopal Church in the United States and is located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York....

 he received a Master of Divinity degree in 1966, and he received a Doctor of Ministry degree in 1978 from the Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University

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From 1981 to 1987 Bishop Millsaps served as the University Chaplain

Chaplain

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 at the University of the South at Sewanee

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External links

• Presiding Bishop's Page, Episcopal Missionary Church website