William George Burrill (born April 17, 1934) was sixth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, serving from 1984 to 1999.
Burrill was ordained deacon on June 20, 1959, by Bishop Charles L. Street, Suffragan of Chicago and a priest later that year.
[1] Burrill was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Rochester on November 5, 1983, after 18 ballots during a special convention which took place in Christ Church in Corning, New York.
He was consecrated on April 26, 1984, by Presiding Bishop John Allin in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Rochester, New York.
He succeeded as diocesan bishop on July 1, 1984, upon the retirement of Robert R. Spears Jr.