Background
Folwell, William Hopkins was born on October 26, 1924 in Port Washington, New York, United States. Son of Ralph Taylor and Sara Ewing (Hopkins) Folwell.
Folwell, William Hopkins was born on October 26, 1924 in Port Washington, New York, United States. Son of Ralph Taylor and Sara Ewing (Hopkins) Folwell.
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1947. Bachelor of Divinity, Seabury Western Theological Seminary, 1953. Doctor of Divinity, Seabury Western Theological Seminary, 1970.
Doctor of Divinity, University South, Sewanee, 1970.
Ordained to ministry, Episcopal Church, 1952; priest, Plant City and Mulberry, Florida, 1952-1955; assistant chaplain, St. Martin's School, New Orleans, 1955-1956; vicar, St. Augustine Church, New Orleans, 1955-1956; rector, St. Gabriel's Church, Titusville, Florida, 1956-1959; rector, All Saints Church, Winter Park, Florida, 1959-1970; bishop, Diocese Central Florida, Winter Park, since 1970. Assistant traffic engineer City of Miami, 1947-1949.
Trustee University South. Trustee Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois Lieutenant junior grade United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
Married Christine Elizabeth Cramp, April 22, 1949. Children: Ann, Mark, Susan.