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ATLANTA: Keith B. Whitmore named assistant bishop

Episcopal News Service. March 10, 2008 [031008-06]

The Rt. Rev. Keith B. Whitmore, bishop of the Wisconsin-based Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire, has been named assistant bishop of the Diocese of Atlanta. Whitmore is expected begin his new role after Easter.

"I am delighted that Bishop Whitmore will be joining us in the Diocese of Atlanta," said Bishop J. Neil Alexander. "In our years together in the House of Bishops, I have come to deeply respect Bishop Whitmore for his integrity and his principled way of engaging the full life of the church. He has been faithful over many years in his commitment to The Episcopal Church. He brings us gifts that are complementary to mine and will not just fill in around the edges. He will be able to join me in leading the mission and ministry of this great diocese."

Whitmore, 62, was ordained bishop of Eau Claire in 1999. He is a Wisconsin native and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Nashotah House. He has served congregations in Wisconsin, Missouri and Kansas, where he was dean of Christ Cathedral, Salina, and he serves as a trustee for the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. He and his wife, Suzanne, have been married 41 years. They have two grown children.