Background
Wantland, William Charles was born on April 14, 1934 in Edmond, Oklahoma, United States. Son of William Lindsay and Edna Louise (Yost) Wantland.
Wantland, William Charles was born on April 14, 1934 in Edmond, Oklahoma, United States. Son of William Lindsay and Edna Louise (Yost) Wantland.
Bachelor, University Hawaii, 1957. Juris Doctor, Oklahoma City University, 1967. Doctor in Religion, Geneva Theological College, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1976.
Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Nashotah House, Wisconsin, 1983. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Seabury-Western Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, 1983.
With Federal Bureau of Investigation, various locations, 1954-1959, Insurance Company of North America, Oklahoma City, 1960-1962. Law clerk-attorney Bishop & Wantland, Seminole, 1962-1977. Vicar St. Mark's Church, 1963-1977, St. Paul's Church, Holdenville, Oklahoma, 1974-1977.
Presiding judge Seminole Municipal Court, 1970-1977. Attorney general Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, 1969-1972, 75-77. Executive director Oklahoma Indian Rights Association, Norman, 1972-1973.
Rector St. John's Church, Oklahoma City, 1977-1980. Bishop Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 1980-1999. Interim bishop of Navajoland, 1993-1994.
Retired, 1999
Adjunct professor Law School University Oklahoma, Norman, 1970-1978. Instructor canon law Nashotah House, 1983-1997, 2004-2009. National council Evangelical and Catholic Mission, Chicago, 1977-1990.
Member Episcopal Commission on Racism, 1990-1992, Episcopal Council Indian Ministries, 1990-1995, Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons, 1992-1995. Assisting bishop Diocese of Dallas, 2002-2004, of Fort Worth, since 2000.
President Oklahoma Conference Municipal Judges, 1973. Vice president South African Church Union, 1985-1995. Trustee Nashotah House, Wisconsin, since 1981, chairman, 1992-1998.
Board directors SPEAK, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, 1983-1989. Wisconsin advisory committee United States Civil Rights Commission, 1990-1991. Support committee Native American Rights Fund, since 1990.
Council member City of Seminole, Oklahoma, since 2002, vice mayor, since 2003. Co-chairman Lutheran-Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission of Wisconsin, 1989-1995. President Wisconsin Episcopalian Conference, 1995-1997, Wisconsin Council Churches, 1985-1986.
Active Living Church Foundation, 1981-1902. Board directors Seminole Nation History Society, since 1999, president, since 2006. Advisory board Seminole History Society, since 2003.
Member Oklahoma Bar Association, Oklahoma Indian Bar Association, Oklahoma City Law School Alumni Association (president 1968), Court Indian Offenses Seminole Nation Oklahoma (chief magistrate since 2006).