James Hamilton "Jim" Ottley is a Panamanian bishop in

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Life

Ottley was born in Colon, Panama. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the

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, in Puerto Rico, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1964. He returned to Panama as a priest and on January 21, 1984, was consecrated bishop and was the fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Panama until 1995. Bishop Ottley has a master's degree in science with a specialization in clinical psychology. He has three Doctorate Degrees Honoris Causa from the Theological Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, TX, The University of the South and Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. He has co-authored many books and wrote ''First Time You Say hello! Next Time We Will Be Friends''. He served simultaneously as bishop of the Anglican Diocese of El Salvador from 1985-1992. At the time Ottley was the bishop, Panama was a diocese in

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. Panama is part of the Anglican Church in Central America. He was subsequently appointed Anglican Observer at the United Nations by the

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. In 2000, he became interim bishop of the

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, serving until the consecration of Lloyd Allen. He also served as Interim Bishop of the Diocese of Cuernavaca of the Anglican Church of Mexico. Until the end of May 2007, Ottley was the assistant bishop of the

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. In June of that year he became the assistant bishop of

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. He has a wife and 4 children and 8 grandchildren.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ottley, James Hamilton 1939 births Living people Anglican bishops of El Salvador Anglican bishops of Cuernavaca Episcopal bishops of Honduras Anglican bishops of Panama Episcopal bishops of Southeast Florida Episcopal bishops of Long Island Panamanian Anglicans People from Colón, Panama