Background
Sanders, William Evan was born on December 25, 1919 in Natchez, Mississippi, United States. Son of Walter Richard and Agnes Mortimer (Jones) Sanders.
Sanders, William Evan was born on December 25, 1919 in Natchez, Mississippi, United States. Son of Walter Richard and Agnes Mortimer (Jones) Sanders.
Bachelor, Vanderbilt University, 1942. Bachelor's Degree, University South, 1945. Doctor of Divinity, University South, 1959.
Master of Sacred Theology, Union Theological Seminary, 1946.
Curate St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chattanooga, 1945—1946. Assistant St. Mary's Cathedral, Memphis, 1946—1948, dean, 1948—1962. Bishop coadjutor Tennessee Knoxville, since 1962.
Bishop Eastern Tennessee, since 1985.
Married Kathryn Cowan Schaffer, June 25, 1951. 4 children.