Starting in 1961, as a Trustee of the University of the South, served two six-year terms as one of its Regents, and was its 17th chancellor from 1973-1979. Over the course of his church career, he served in various positions in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missisippi, and was consecrated as the Sixth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi in 1966. Allin was elected as the twenty-third Presiding Bishop of ECUSA in 1973, a turbulent time as the church grappled with Civil Rights, the Vietnam War, and the role of women in the church. He was a pivotal supporter of Mississippi's effort to rebuild burned black churches in the 1960's, an unpopular decision at the time. He was an ardent critic of the ordination of women.
Starting in 1961, as a Trustee of the University of the South, served two six-year terms as one of its Regents, and was its 17th chancellor from 1973-1979. Over the course of his church career, he served in various positions in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missisippi, and was consecrated as the Sixth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi in 1966. Allin was elected as the twenty-third Presiding Bishop of ECUSA in 1973, a turbulent time as the church grappled with Civil Rights, the Vietnam War, and the role of women in the church. He was a pivotal supporter of Mississippi's effort to rebuild burned black churches in the 1960's, an unpopular decision at the time. He was an ardent critic of the ordination of women.
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