George Nelson Hunt, III

George Nelson Hunt III (December 6, 1931 – October 23, 2022) was the Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island from 1980 to 1994.

Early life, education and family The son of George Nelson Hunt Jr. and Jessie Mae (Alter) Hunt, Hunt was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He attended the University of the South, at Sewanee, Tennessee, where he was awarded a B.A. in 1953. He did graduate work at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia, where he earned his M.Div. degree and was ordained to the ministry in 1956.

During his studies, in June 1955 he had married Barbara Noel Plamp. They had three children together.

He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Yale University in 1980. The University of Rhode Island awarded him an honorary L.H.D. in 1995.

In 1994, he left Rhode Island to serve as interim bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii until his retirement in 1996.