David Collins

The Very Reverend David Browning Collins (December 18, 1922 — December 29, 2016) was an Episcopal priest, serving in various positions of leadership in the Episcopal church, including as the president of the House of Deputies and as the dean of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta, Georgia

Background David Collins was born on December 18, 1922, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He graduated from the University of the South in 1943 and served in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946, stationed at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, and the United States Navy Reserve from 1946 to 1960. He came back to the University of the South as Chaplain and associate professor of religion, during which time he obtained his Master of Sacred Theology degree (1962) and, later, his Doctorate of Divinity (1974).