Henry N. Parsley Jr.
Henry Nutt Parsley, Jr. (born October 29, 1948) is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church and the retired tenth Bishop of Alabama, and the former Provisional Bishop of the Diocese of Easton. Parsley is also a former Chancellor of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He now resides in Wilmington, North Carolina and attends St. James Parish in Wilmington.
The Right Reverend Henry Nutt Parsley D.D. | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Alabama | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Alabama |
| Elected | January 9, 1996 |
| In office | 1999–2012 |
| Predecessor | Robert O. Miller |
| Successor | Kee Sloan |
| Other post(s) | Provisional bishop of Easton (2014-2016) Visiting bishop of South Carolina (2020-2021) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | April 1974 |
| Consecration | September 28, 1996 by Edmond L. Browning |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 29, 1948 Memphis, Tennessee, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Henry Nutt Parsley & Barbara Brown Burch |
| Spouse | Rebecca Knox Allison (m. 1970) |
| Children | 1 |
| Previous post(s) | Coadjutor Bishop of Alabama (1996-1998) |
In January 2006, Parsley was nominated for Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, and came in second in balloting to Katharine Jefferts Schori during voting at the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America in Columbus, Ohio.
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