William Henry Mead (January 11, 1921 – February 25, 1974) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware, serving as diocesan from 1968 to 1974.
He was educated at Cranbrook School and later studied at the University of Michigan, and then Lake Forest College He then had a brief business career in the automobile industry.
[2] He served as assistant priest of Christ Church Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Between 1959 and 1964, he was the rector of the Church of St John the Evangelist in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
[4] He retained the post till his death on February 25, 1974, due to a heart attack in Wilmington, Delaware.