Herbert Thompson Jr.

Herbert Thompson Jr. (December 11, 1933 – August 16, 2006) was an American prelate of the Episcopal Church, who served as the eighth Bishop of Southern Ohio between 1992 and 2005.

Thompson was born in 1933, in The Bronx, New York City, and was raised in Harlem and Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

[1] Thompson was ordained deacon and priest in 1965 for the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island.

In 1977, he became rector of Grace Church in Jamaica, Queens, where he remained till 1988.

[2] He also served as a deputy to General Convention for the Diocese of Long Island, president of the Standing Committee, a Canon of the Cathedral chapter of the Cathedral of the Incarnation, deputy to provincial synod, and executive director of Interfaith Services of Brooklyn.