Wesley Frensdorff

Wesley "Wes" Frensdorff (July 22, 1926 – May 17, 1988) was the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada from 1972 to 1985.

He came to the United States in 1940 as a 14-year-old and completed high school in Elmhurst, New York.

He became Dean of St Mark's Cathedral in Salt Lake City in 1962 and remained there till 1972.

He also served as Director of the North Pacific and Western parish training program of the Episcopal Church between 1959 and 1964.

Frensdorff died in a private plane crash near the north rim of the Grand Canyon on May 17, 1988.