Edward L. Salmon Jr.

The Right Reverend Edward Lloyd Salmon
Bishop of South Carolina
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Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	South Carolina
Elected	September 9, 1989
In office	1990–2008
Predecessor	C. FitzSimons Allison
Successor	Mark Lawrence
Orders
Ordination	March 24, 1961 by Robert R. Brown
Consecration	February 24, 1990 by Edmond L. Browning
Personal details
Born	January 30, 1934 Natchez, Mississippi, United States
Died	June 29, 2016(2016-06-29) (aged 82)
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Edward Lloyd Salmon & Helen Bernice Burley
Spouse	Louise Hack (m. 1972)
Children	2
Alma mater	University of the South

Edward Lloyd "Ed" Salmon, Junior (January 30, 1934 – June 29, 2016) was an American bishop in The Episcopal Church.

Biography

Born in Natchez, Mississippi, he received his bachelor's degree from the University of the South and a bachelor's degree in theology from Virginia Theological Seminary. In 1961, he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Arkansas in The Episcopal Church. From 1990 to 2008, he served as bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina. He was a noted conservative who remained in the Episcopal Church, unlike his former diocese. He chaired the board of The Anglican Digest for 41 years. After retiring from his episcopal see, Salmon served as the dean of Nashotah House Theological Seminary in Wisconsin.