Background
Gilliam, Jackson Earle was born on June 20, 1920 in Heppner, Oregon, United States. Son of Edwin Earle and Mary (Perry) Gilliam.
Gilliam, Jackson Earle was born on June 20, 1920 in Heppner, Oregon, United States. Son of Edwin Earle and Mary (Perry) Gilliam.
Bachelor of Arts, Whitman College, 1942; Bachelor of Divinity, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1948; School of Theology and Ministry, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1949; Doctor of Divinity, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1969.
Ordained to ministry, Episcopal Church, 1948; rector in, Hermiston, Oregon, 1949-1953; canon, St. Mark's Cathedral, Minneapolis, 1953-1955; rector, Church Incarnation, Great Falls, Montana, 1955-1968; bishop, Episcopal Diocese Montana, 1968-1986; vicar, St. Jude's Episcopal Church, Hawaiian Oceanview Estates, since 1987; assistant bishop of Hawaii, since 1997. Chairman of Commission on pastoral development, chairman council on ministry, member program, budget and finance committee Episcopalian Church, 1978, president Province VI.
Served to First lieutenant Army of the United States, World World War World War II.
Married Margaret Kathleen Hindley, August 11, 1943. Children— Anne Meredith, Margaret Carol, John Howard. Married MarKatheryn Allender Brooks, October 17, 1988.