Pierre Welté Whalon was born in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1952. He married Melinda McCulloch in 1980, and they had one daughter, Marie-Noëlle, born in 1988. After Melinda's death in early 2017, Pierre married Hélène Teneur in the summer of 2018. He was ordained deacon and priest in The Episcopal Church in 1985, and served parishes in Pennsylvania and Florida. On November 18, 2001, he became the first elected Bishop in charge of the Convocation of Episcopal (formerly American) Churches in Europe. On April 6, 2019 he passed on the crozier to the second elected Bishop in charge, the Rt. Rev. Mark Edington.

Link to Pierre’s new book (with Jean-Michel Cadiot) Laïcité: l'expression publique de la religion

Link to Pierre’s new book Made in Heaven?

Link to Pierre’s columns on Anglicans Online

Links to Pierre’s Huffington Post articles in English and French

Link to Pierre’s new Tumblr Blog

Link to Pierre’s old Blog

Link to Pierre’s website

Link to some audio sermons, among others in English, French, Italian and German

Link to interviews, other materials

Link to a list of his other Publications

Link to his music publisher

Lien pour infos sur l'anglicanisme et l'Eglise Episcopale : Episcopaliens en France

Link to the site of the Francophone Network

Lien pour infos sur l'aide aux réfugiés irakiens : Association d'entraide aux minorités d'Orient For Ministry to Iraqi and Syrian refugees, see here.

See reports about refugee ministries in Europe, from the Episcopal News Service: Iraqi refugees find a new life

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