Ormonde Plater
Richard Ormonde Plater (September 6, 1933 - August 6, 2016) was a notable Episcopal Church author who influenced North American and broader Anglophone practices around the Christian diaconate. He was born in New York City and attended Vanderbilt University (BA, 1955) and Tulane University (M.A. 1965, Ph.D. 1969). Before ordination to the diaconate in 1971, he worked as a reporter for the Albany Knickerbocker News. In 1998 Bishop Charles Jenkins of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana made Plater archdeacon of the diocese.
Plater was an early member of the North American Association for the Diaconate (NAAD), now called the Association for Episcopal Deacons. Plater edited the NAAD periodical Diakoneo from 1985 to 1995. He was a member of the Anglican-Lutheran Consultation on the Diaconate that produced the 1995 Anglican-Lutheran International Commission Hanover Report: The Diaconate as Ecumenical Opportunity.
He was noted as having "faithfully served the Church in many capacities, including prison and hospital ministry, as well as the education and formation of deacons." Plater was a tenth-generation descendant of George Washington.
Bibliography
- Narrative Folklore in the Works of George Washington Harris (dissertation)
- The Deacon in the Liturgy (National Center for the Diaconate, 1981)
- Cajun Dancing (Pelican, 1993)
- Intercession: A Theological and Practical Guide (Cowley, 1995)
- The Passion Gospels (Church Publishing, 2002)
- Many Servants: An Introduction to Deacons (Cowley, 2004)
- Deacons in the Liturgy (Church Publishing, 2009) , second edition
- The Passion Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John Revised Common Lectionary edition (2007)
External links
- Autobiography November 2011
- Deacon Ormonde Plater - Archived Documents from the Association for Episcopal Deacons
- Ormonde Plater â Deacon, Theologian, Dancer