Background
Righter, Walter Cameron was born on October 23, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Richard and Dorothy Mae (Bottomley) Righter.
Righter, Walter Cameron was born on October 23, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Richard and Dorothy Mae (Bottomley) Righter.
Bachelor, University Pittsburgh, 1948. Master of Divinity, Berkeley Division School, New Haven, 1951. Doctor of Divinity, Berkeley Division School, New Haven, 1972.
Data Control Language, Iowa Wesleyan University, 1982. Doctor of Divinity, Seabury Western Seminary, 1984.
Ordained priest Episcopal Church, 1951, consecrated bishop, 1972. Lay missioner St. Michael's Church, Rector, Pennsylvania, 1947-1948. Priest-in-charge All Saints Church, Aliquippa, 1951-1954, St. Luke's, Georgetown, 1952-1954.
Rector Church of Good Shepherd, Nashua, New Hampshire, 1954-1971. Bishop Diocese of Iowa, Des Moines, 1972-1989. Assistant bishop Dio. of Newark, 1989-1991.
Interim rector St. Elizabeth's, Ridgewood, New Jersey, 1991. Assisting bishop Diocese of Massachusetts, 2000—2003. Retired
Member executive council Protestant Episcopal Church United States of America, 1979-1985.
Special advisory New Hampshire Cursillo, 1994-1996. Interim rector Emmanuel, Rockford, Illinois, 1989.
Member New Hampshire committee White House Conference on Youth, 1962, Regional Crime Commission, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire, 1969-1971. Trustee Nashua Library., 1968-1971, Seabury Western Seminary, 1986-1989. Founding trustee The Morris Fund, Des Moines.
Planning committee Town of Alstead, New Hampshire, 1993-1996. Fellow College Preachers, Washington Cathedral.
Married Nancy Ruth DeGroot, August 22, 1992. Children: Richard, Rebecca.