Background
He was born in Lake City, Florida and graduated from Columbia High School in 1952.
He was born in Lake City, Florida and graduated from Columbia High School in 1952.
University of Florida.
The couple had two children, Angela and Michele. He was ordained to the diaconate on July 25, 1960 by Edward Hamilton West, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Florida, and to the priesthood by the same bishop on March 13, 1961. Herlong"s ministry began at Church of the Epiphany in Crestview, Florida and he was the first vicar at Saint Jude"s Church in Valparaiso, Florida.
He became Canon Pastor at Saint John"s Cathedral in Jacksonville, Florida and was Assistant Headmaster and Chaplain at Jacksonville Episcopal High School.
Herlong earned a Master of Sacred Theology degree in 1970 by taking classes over seven summers. Herlong continued his education at the New York Theological Seminary and was awarded a Doctor of in 1980.
He was also active in the community, starting a hospice at Beekman Downtown Hospital in Manhattan and organizing Saint Margaret"s Housing Center for seniors. He was also a director for the New York Board of Trade.
He became Dean of the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul( Detroit) in 1979.
The affiliated school was named The Herlong Cathedral School in his honor in 1993. In 1988, he was a candidate in the episcopal election of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida before being elected bishop of the Diocese of Tennessee on January 30, 1993. He was consecrated on June 26, 1993 and awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree in 1993.
Herlong"s principal consecrators were
Edmond L. Browning, Presiding Bishop
Charlie F. McNutt
Peter James Lee
He was succeeded as diocesan bishop by John Crawford Bauerschmidt, eleventh Bishop of Tennessee, who was consecrated on January 27, 2007.
Herlong was a member of the Board of Directors of The Living Church Foundation and episcopal visitor of the Community of Saint Mary, Southern Province.