Background
Henry I Louttit, Junior. was born June 13, 1938 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Henry Irving Louttit
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Louttit was graduated from Virginia Theological Seminary in 1963 and was ordained to the diaconate in June of that year.
Career
He was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of the South. He was ordained to the priesthood in April 1964. He served as the Vicar of Trinity Church in Statesboro, Georgia then as the rector of Christ Church Valdosta where he served from April 1, 1967 until his election to the episcopacy.
Henry Louttit"s father, the Rt.
Review Henry I. Louttit, was the last bishop of the Diocese of South Florida before it was divided into three new dioceses. Henry I. Louttit, Junior. was consecrated as the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia on January 21, 1995.
He had been elected to succeed Harry West. Shipps on Bishop Shipps" retirement. Bishop Louttit had long been interested in liturgical renewal and was involved in the creation of the Book of Common Prayer 1979.
Under Bishop Louttit"s leadership, the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia has taken renewed interest in starting new congregations.
He also worked with restarting the congregations in Hawkinsville and Pooler. He served on the Board of Regents of the University of the South, chairing the Regent’s Committee on the School of Theology. On February 9, 2008, Bishop Louttit announced his retirement effective on the consecration of the Tenth Bishop of Georgia.
The Rt.
Review Scott A. Benhase succeeded Bishop Louttit on his January 23, 2010 consecration.
Membership
He served in many other leadership roles including being president of the Georgia Christian Council (Ecumenical meeting place for the major churches in our state), and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Theological Seminary.
