Walter Cameron Righter (October 23, 1923 – September 11, 2011[1]) was a bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

Righter was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised at St. David's Church, Manayunk.

He served with the field artillery in the United States Army in World War II, where he saw action in the Battle of the Bulge.

While in Nashua he also served as the Ecumenical Relations Chairman for the Diocese of New Hampshire and on the Standing Committee on Structure of the National Convention.

[5] Righter was elected the seventh bishop of Iowa October 8, 1971, at a Special Convention held at St. Paul's Church in Des Moines.

[5] Because of the decline Righter conceived of a program called the Second Mile, which he proposed to the Diocesan Convention in 1976.

Anne Wagner Baker was received in 1978 from the Diocese of Missouri to serve as assistant rector at Trinity Church in Iowa City and chaplain at the area hospitals.

Bishop Righter had also signed a statement saying he supported the ordination of noncelibate homosexuals.

"[8] In a 7–1 decision on May 15, 1996, the court dismissed the charges against Bishop Righter stating that the Episcopal Church "has no doctrine prohibiting the ordination of homosexuals," and that Bishop Righter did not contradict the "core doctrine" of the church.

Bishop Righter and his wife Nancy retired to Allstead, New Hampshire, before moving to Export, Pennsylvania.

He was invited by the rector of Calvary Church in Shadyside to celebrate weekday Eucharist and to be listed as part of the parish clergy.

[3] After the diocese split from the Episcopal Church in 2008 Righter applied for canonical residency and was immediately welcomed.