Background
Riggs, Meade David was born on September 6, 1923 in Cortland, New York, United States. Son of Charles Morrell and Sadie (Bersson).
bishop priest clinical psychologist
Riggs, Meade David was born on September 6, 1923 in Cortland, New York, United States. Son of Charles Morrell and Sadie (Bersson).
Bachelor, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1944. Master of Divinity, Yale University, 1947. Master of Education, University Kansas, 1951.
Master of Arts, Hartford Seminary Foundation, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, University Southern California, 1959. Doctor of Humane Letters, Newport University, 1984.
Doctor of Divinity, St. Andrews Seminary, 1993. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Southern Pacific University, 1999.
Executive director, chief of staff Riggs & Associate Psychological Services Center, Anaheim, California, 1964-1980. Principal associate, consultant Closson, Riggs & Associate, 1980-1994. Associate Stanley F. Hansen, Doctor of Medicine Costa Mesa, 1980-1991.
Member staff Successful Living Counseling Center, Garden Grove, from 1986, director, 1986-1991. Associate director, chaplain Halfway Homes Inc., Huntington Beach, 1990-1994. Clinical director Cope Center, Costa Mesa, from 1991.
Mental health staff Universal Care Medical Group, Bellflower and Garden Grove, California, from 1995. Consultant Rigg & Associates, Anaheim, since 1976.
Member Citizen's Traffic Advisory Committee, Cypress, California, 1968, Citizen's Capital Improvement Committee, Anaheim, 1977. Delegate member Orange County Health Planning Council, 1985. Consecrated bishop Philippine Indiana Catholic Church, Los Alamitos, California, since 1993.
Member American Association Clinical Counselors (diplomate), American Board Administrators Psychology (diplomate), American B. Medical Psychotherapists and Psychodiagnosticians (diplomate), Masons.
Married Jane Elizabeth Nass Pabst, January 8, 1994. 1 child, Michelle.