Henry I Louttit, Jr. was born June 13, 1938, in West Palm Beach, Florida, the son of Rev.
Henry I. Louttit, Jr. was consecrated as the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia on January 21, 1995.
Louttit had long been interested in liturgical renewal and was involved in the creation of the Book of Common Prayer 1979.
Louttit in 1998 recognized the ministry of deaconess Anna Alexander in the Altamina River area, which the General Convention of the Episcopal Church, meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2015 also recognized, as would Presiding Bishop Michael Curry in 2017.
He served in many other leadership roles including being president of the Georgia Christian Council (Ecumenical meeting place for the major churches in our state), and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Theological Seminary.