Background
Green, William Mercer was born on July 12, 1876 in Greenville, Mississippi, United States. Son of Review Duncan Cameron and Belle (Bott) Green.
Green, William Mercer was born on July 12, 1876 in Greenville, Mississippi, United States. Son of Review Duncan Cameron and Belle (Bott) Green.
Bachelor of Arts, University of the South, 1896, Master of Arts, 1898, Bachelor of Divinity, 1899, Doctor of Divinity, 1919.
Deacon, 1899, priest, 1900, Protestant Episcopal Church. Minister in charge Saint Colomb’s, Jackson, Saint Luke’s, Ridgeland, and Saint John's, Florida. Rector Grace Church, Canton, Mississippi, 1900-1902.
Assistant rector Saint John's Church, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1902-1904.
Rector Saint Paul’s Church, Meridian, Mississippi, 1904-1909. Dean All Saints College, Vicksburg, 1909-1911.
Rector Saint Andrew’s Church, Jackson, Mississippi, 1911-1919. Consecrated bishop coadjutor of Mississippi, May 29, 1919.
Bishop of Mississippi by succession, November 2, 1938.
Hale Memorial preacher, Seabury Western Theological Seminary, October 20, 1936. Trustee University of the South, All Saints College, DuBose Memorial Church Training School, Institutions of Higher Learning of State of Mississippi.
Mason, K. of Philisophy. Member Kappa Sigma.
Married Pauline Leila Priestley, November 16, 1904.