Frank Harris Vest

Background

Vest, Frank Harris was born on January 5, 1936 in Salem, Virginia, United States. Son of Frank Harris and Viola Gray (Woodson) Vest.

Education

Bachelor, Roanoke College, 1959; Master of Divinity, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1962; Doctor of Divinity, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1985; Doctor of Divinity (honorary), University of South, 1987; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), St. Paul's College, 1991; Doctor of Divinity, Roanoke College, 1998.

Career

Curate, St. John's Episcopal Church, Roanoke, Virginia, 1962-1964; rector, Grace Episcopal Church, Radford, Virginia, 1964-1968; rector, Christ Episcopal Church, Roanoke, 1968-1973; rector, Christ Episcopal Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1973-1985; suffragan bishop, Diocese of North Carolina, Raleigh, 1985-1989; bishop coadjutor, Diocese of Southern Virginia, Norfolk, 1989-1991; bishop, Diocese of Southern Virginia, Norfolk, 1991-1998.

Achievements

• Avocations: tennis, reading, walking, golf, fly-fishing. M C.

Membership

Chairman Executive Committee Thompsons Children's Home, Charlotte, 1976-1979. Pres.Crisis Assistance Ministry, Charlotte, 1983-1985. Trustee Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, 1968-1973, 91-98, University of South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1985-1989, Episcopalian Radio television Foundation, Atlanta, 19786-82.

Chair Dispatch of Business, House of Bishops, 1988.

Connections

Married Ann Jarvis, June 14, 1961. Children: Nina Woodson, Frank Harris III, Robert Alexander.

Father:

Frank Harris Vest

Mother:

Viola Gray (Woodson) Vest

Spouse:

Ann Jarvis

child:

Nina Woodson Vest

child:

Frank Harris III Vest

child:

Robert Alexander Vest