William Walter Peele was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and The Methodist Church, elected to said office in 1938. He also gained notability as a college professor, a pastor, and as the president of the Council of Bishops of his denomination. Bishop Peele was one of the last eight bishops elected by the M.E. Church, South (at the final General Conference of this denomination).
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