Orris George Walker

Orris George Walker, Jr. (November 5, 1942 – February 28, 2015) was seventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island.

He was ordained to the diaconate on June 18, 1968 by Bishop Harry Lee Doll and became curate at Holy Nativity Church in Baltimore, Maryland.

There was a time he also served as Priest-in-Charge of St Alban's Church in Highland Park, Michigan between 1974 and 1976.

[1] Walker was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Long Island on the seventh ballot on November 21, 1987.

[3] Walker ordained Anne Lyndall and Noreen Moody, the first women priests for the Diocese of Long Island in the Cathedral of the Incarnation on 25 January 1989.