Donald Purple Hart (born April 22, 1937) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii from 1986 to 1994.
After his curacy in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, he and his wife, Elizabeth, were appointed missionaries to Alaska.
Hart was elected as the ninth Bishop of Hawaii on the fifth ballot In June 1986.
[1] His resignation came about as a result of a complicated fiscal crisis stemming from the church's guaranty of a $4 million bank loan for a retirement facility which it didn't repay.
[2] After his resignation he served as assistant bishop in Connecticut, Maryland, and Southern Virginia.