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James Ottley
Bishop James Ottley was born in the city of Colon, Panama. He studied Accounting and Psychology at the University of Panama. In 1973 he obtained a Masters degree in Clinical Psycho...view moreBishop James Ottley was born in the city of Colon, Panama. He studied Accounting and Psychology at the University of Panama. In 1973 he obtained a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology at the Caribbean Center for Post Graduate Studies in Puerto Rico. His theological studies began at the Episcopal Seminary of the Caribbean in Puerto Rico where he earned a Master of Divinity degree. He did continuing educations studies at The
Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest and at The Episcopal Seminary of Virginia. He served many congregations in the diocese of Panama and was Chaplain to two institutions, The Bella Vista’s Children Home for Girls and The Episcopal University Center. In 1984 he was consecrated Bishop of the Episcopal Church of Panama, where he served for eleven years. During that period, he also served as Bishop of the Episcopal Church in El Salvador for five years. He has been a deputy to the General Convention on several occasions, and a member of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church. He also served as Vice President of the House of Bishops for five years. In Province IX of the Episcopal Church, he has served as Christian Education Coordinator, Executive Secretary, Vice-President and President. Bishop Ottley has represented the Episcopal Church as a member of the Anglican Consultative Council of the Anglican Communion, at the World Council of Churches Assembly in Canberra, Australia in 1991. He has attended three Lambeth Conferences and in 1988, he served as one of the Coordinators of the Section on Ministry and Mission. In 1994 -1999 he was appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Anglican Consultative Council as Anglican Observer at the United Nations. He attended the World Summit of the United Nations on Social Development held in Copenhagen in 1995. He also represented the Anglican Communion at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China in 1995. There he addressed the Plenary.
Bishop Ottley was Professor of Developmental Psychology for ten years at the University of Panama and since retiring he has served as Interim Bishop in the Diocese of Honduras, as Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Southeast Florida and the Diocese of Long Island. He is a consultant for “The Church Pension Fund,” as Field Representative for Latin America. He serves the “Yes” Institute, whose mission is the prevention of suicide in all children, as the Director for Global Education. He is presently the Interim Bishop of the Diocese of Cuernavaca, Mexico. Bishop Ottley is married to Lillian Garcia Lind and they have four children and six grandchildren. Bishop Ottley has three D. D. degrees, Honorius Causa, from The Theological Seminary of The South-west, Austin, Texas, The University of the South and Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. He has co-authored several books: Makings sense of things,1982, We are Anglicans, 1989, Ecclesiology, 1990 and By Word and Deed, 1992view less