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Robert C. Witcher was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder and chairman of the board of directors of the Robert C. Witcher Foundation, a charitable organization that provides grants to organizations in the fields of education, health, and the arts. He was also the founder and chairman of the board of directors of the Robert C. Witcher Family Foundation, a private foundation that provides grants to organizations in the fields of education, health, and the arts. Witcher was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 5, 1926. He attended Tulane University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in 1948. After college, he served in the United States Navy during the Korean War. After his military service, Witcher returned to New Orleans and began a career in business. He founded the Robert C. Witcher Company, a real estate development and investment firm, in 1954. He also served as the president of the New Orleans Board of Realtors from 1965 to 1966. In addition to his business career, Witcher was an active philanthropist. He was the founder and chairman of the board of directors of the Robert C. Witcher Foundation, a charitable organization that provides grants to organizations in the fields of education, health, and the arts. He was also the founder and chairman of the board of directors of the Robert C. Witcher Family Foundation, a private foundation that provides grants to organizations in the fields of education, health, and the arts. Witcher passed away on April 8, 2021, at the age of 95.

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Age 94 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 5 October 1926
Birthday 5 October
Birthplace New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Date of death June 14, 2021
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Nationality United States

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His wife is Elisabeth Alice Cole

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Parents Charles Swanson Witcher & Lily Sebastian Campbell
Wife Elisabeth Alice Cole
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1975

He was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Long Island in 1975 and was consecrated on April 7, 1975 by Presiding Bishop John Allin in the Cathedral of the Incarnation. He succeeded as diocesan in 1977. As Bishop of Long Island, Witcher was known for his conservative views concerning the ordination of women. During his tenure as bishop, the Diocese of Long Island was one of the few dioceses which by 1988, had not ordained women to the priesthood. Hence, in 1988, a Coadjutor was elected, Orris George Walker, to take responsibility of ordinations and consequently ordain women to the priesthood. He was also professor of church history at The Mercer School of Theology between 1975 and 1991 and interim bishop of the Armed Forces between 1989 and 1990. He resigned his post on January 1, 1991 and became bishop-in-residence in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Witcher died on June 14, 2021.

1952

Witcher was ordained deacon on July 6, 1952 in Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans, by Bishop Girault M. Jones. He was ordained priest on June 11, 1953 by the Suffragan Bishop of Louisiana Iveson B. Noland in St James' Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Between 1953 and 1956 he served as priest-in-charge, of St Andrew's Church in Linton, Louisiana, St Patrick's Church in Zachary, Louisiana and St Andrew's Church also in Zachary, Louisiana. For a shorter period, between 1953 and 1954 he was also priest-in-charge of St Augustine's Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 1954 he became rector of St Augustine's Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was made canon pastor at Christ Church Cathedral in New Orleans in 1961 and in 1962 became rector of St James' Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he remained till 1975.

1926

Robert Campbell Witcher Sr. (October 5, 1926 – June 14, 2021) was the sixth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, serving from 1977 to 1991.

Witcher was born on October 5, 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Charles Swanson Witcher and Lily Sebastian Campbell. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Tulane University in 1949 and with a Master of Divinity from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in 1952. He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in 1974, a Master of Arts in 1960 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1968, both from Louisiana State University.