Don Wimberly | |
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Bishop of Lexington | |
Church | The Episcopal Church |
Personal details | |
Born | 1937 Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
Don Adger Wimberly was chancellor of the University of the South in Sewanee from 1997 to 2003. He also served as a bishop of the Diocese of Lexington and the Diocese of Texas in The Episcopal Church.
He is currently a member of Communion Partners, an Episcopalian group which opposed the 77th General Episcopal Convention's decision to authorize the blessing of same-sex marriages in 2012. The measure to allow the blessing of same-sex unions won by a 111-41 vote with 3 abstentions.