William Murdoch (bishop)
William "Bill" L. Murdoch (born 1949) is an American Anglican bishop. He is married to Sally and they have three adult children.
William L. Murdoch | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of New England | |
 Then-Episcopal priest Bill Murdoch interviewed in a 2005 Anglican Communion Network documentary. | |
| Church | Anglican Church in North America |
| Diocese | Anglican Diocese in New England |
| In office | 2009-2019 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 1986 |
| Consecration | August 30, 2007 by Benjamin Nzimbi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1949 |
Ecclesiastical career
Murdoch has a BS at the University of New Hampshire and a M.Div. at the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He was ordained first as a Congregational minister and after as an Episcopal priest in May 1986.
He served as rector of the All Saints Episcopal Church in West Newbury, Massachusetts, from 1993 to 2007. During his leadership his congregation experienced an unusual growth. He left the Episcopal Church, with his parish, in 2007, due to his opposition to the ordination on non-celibate homosexual clergy, and he became a Suffragan Bishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya. He was consecrated on August 30, 2007, at All Saints Cathedral, Nairobi, Kenya. He joined the Anglican Church in North America, upon his creation, in June 2009. He became the first Bishop of the Anglican Diocese in New England, in 2009. He resigned as rector of his parish in 2012, to focus on his work as bishop.[1]
He was also adjunct professor at the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He has led several Alpha Holy Spirit Weekends for Christians of several denominations.[2]