Background
Samuel L. Green, Junior. was born to Deacon Samuel Levi and Mistress Leosia P. Green on March 19, 1927.
Samuel L. Green, Junior. was born to Deacon Samuel Levi and Mistress Leosia P. Green on March 19, 1927.
Green was a graduate of the Booker T. Washington High School and attended Old Dominion University.
He received an Honorary Degree of Divinity at the Trinity Hall College in Springfield, Illinois. He was appointed to the office of Bishop by Bishop J.O. Patterson, Senior in 1973 and became the prelate of the Second Jurisdiction of Virginia. Under his leadership, the jurisdiction went from having 52 churches to 72 churches.
He officially retired from the General Board on November 12, 2012 and was declared an emeritus member of the General Board by Bishop Charles Blake.