Franklin D. Turner

He was ordained to the diaconate in June 1965 by the Leland Stark, the Bishop of Newark, and to the priesthood later on that same year. He then became vicar of the Church of the Epiphany in Dallas, Texas and in 1966 became rector of St George's Church in Washington, D.C., a post he retained till 1972. He was also Staff Officer for Black Ministries and Founder and President Washington Episcopal Clergy Association. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Kanuga Conference Center and a member of the Board of Trustees of Berkeley/Yale Divinity School. He was an advocate for recruitment of Black leaders for Ministry and foundered the organization of Black Episcopal Seminarians.^[2]

Turner was consecrated Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania on October 7, 1988, in the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul by Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning. He served in the post till his retirement in 2000.^[3]