Jackson Earle Gilliam (June 20, 1920 – October 19, 2000) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Montana, serving from 1968 to 1985.
After serving in the United States Army from 1942 to 1946, he attended the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia.
He was ordained to deacon on Jun 10, 1948, by William Remington, Suffragan Bishop of Pennsylvania in St Mary's Church in Arlington, Virginia.
[1] After his ordination to the priesthood in July 1949, he served as rector of St John's Church in Hermiston, Oregon, till 1953, when he became a canon of the Cathedral chapter of St Mark's Cathedral in Minneapolis.
In 1955, he became rector of the Church of the Incarnation in Great Falls, Montana, a position he has held till 1968.