William Cockburn Russell Sheridan (March 25, 1917 – September 24, 2005) was the fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana and served from 1972 to 1987.
He attended one year of college at the University of Virginia but due to lack of funds during the Great Depression had to drop out.
In 1947 Father Sheridan became rector of St Thomas' in Plymouth, Indiana and served there until he was elected bishop in 1972.
He remained devoted to his alma mater Nashotah House Seminary, both serving on the board of trustees and raising over $200,000 for a refectory and library addition.
William Sheridan met Rudith Treder, his future wife, when they were both attending Carroll College; they married in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on November 13, 1943.