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William Grant Black was born on 17 April, 1920 in Muncie, Indiana, United States. Discover William Grant Black's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 93 years old?

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Age 93 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 17 April, 1920
Birthday 17 April
Birthplace Muncie, Indiana, United States
Date of death (2013-07-07)
Died Place Springfield, Illinois, United States
Nationality United States

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Who Is William Grant Black's Wife?

His wife is June Marie Mathewson (m. 1942-1993) Frances King Mathewson (m. 2000)

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Parents Joseph Charles Black & Verna Dell Grimes
Wife June Marie Mathewson (m. 1942-1993) Frances King Mathewson (m. 2000)
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Children 3 children, 6 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren

William Grant Black Net Worth

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1979

Black was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Southern Ohio on June 23, 1979, and was consecrated on November 8, 1979 by Presiding Bishop John Allin. He succeeded as diocesan bishop in 1980, retiring in 1992. After the death of his first wife, June Marie Mathewson Black, in 1993, Black married Frances King Mathewson on May 15, 2000. He died on July 7, 2013 of complications from Parkinson’s disease.

1962

Black converted to the Episcopal Church in 1957, and was ordained deacon in October 1961 and priest on his 42nd birthday, April 17, 1962, at the Rockefeller Chapel. He served as curate, and then priest-in-charge, of Christ Church in Woodlawn, Chicago, before becoming rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Athens, Ohio in 1962. In 1973, he became rector of the Church of Our Saviour in Cincinnati, where he remained till 1979. In the mid-1970s, he was an early champion of the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), an LGBT religious community that found a home at the Church of Our Savior, thanks to Rev. Black. He and the church faced loud and strong opposition from the largely conservative community but stood strong in the face of it, based on principle. He was also an early supporter of ordaining women, which was also controversial at the time. As a minister, Black chaired the human relations commission in Athens & was on the civil rights commission in Cincinnati where he also was in the ecumenical study group consisting of Christians, Jews & Muslims. While in Athens he served on Governor Rhodes' mental health & retardation commission and as a governor's appointee on the 13 - state Appalachian Regional Commission with Senators Taft (OH) & Byrd (WVa). He also chaired the new hospital (O'Bleness) construction board in Athens, 1969–1971.

1952

Upon his return to the United States after the war, he continued his education, graduating with a Master of Education in History and Philosophy from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1952. Simultaneously, he also did work at the YMCA in Champaign, Illinois. He then pursued studies at the University of Chicago Divinity School, graduating with a Bachelor of Divinity in 1955. In 1973 he was named Divinity School alumnus of the year. In 1980, he was awarded two honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees, one from Kenyon College and another from the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Lexington, Kentucky. Black received an honorary degree from Hebrew Union in 1993.

1920

William Grant Black (April 17, 1920 – July 7, 2013) was seventh bishop of the Diocese of Southern Ohio in The Episcopal Church.

Black was born on April 17, 1920, in Muncie, Indiana, the son of the Reverend Joseph Charles Black, a Free Methodist minister and Verna Dell Grimes. He attended Urbana High School, graduating in 1937. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Greenville College in 1941. He met his future wife June Marie Mathewson at the college, and married on December 3, 1942. In 1942, Black enlisted in the United States Army, training at Fort Benning in Georgia, and graduating as a second lieutenant. He was then sent to New Guinea with the 31st Dixie Division. As a rifle company platoon leader & company commander Captain Black helped lead campaigns in Aitape, Morotai and Mindanao. He was later awarded the Purple Heart and the Silver Star.