William L. Hargrave

William Loftin Hargrave (November 10, 1903 - October 15, 1975) was suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Florida, serving from 1961 to 1969.

[1] He left the law profession and studied at the Virginia Theological Seminary and graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity in 1932.

He then became Canon to the Ordinary and Actuary and Executive Secretary of the Diocese of South Florida on September 1, 1953, a post he retained till 1961.

[4] He was consecrated on December 21, 1961 by Presiding Bishop Arthur C. Lichtenberger, in St Luke's Cathedral.

He retired on July 31, 1975 and died on October 15 that same year of a heart attack at his home in Cocoa, Florida.