A memorial service and celebration of the life of former Episcopal Bishop Otis Charles will be held Saturday, January 11, at 2 p.m. at St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, 500 De Haro Street in San Francisco.
Mr. Charles, 87, died December 26 at Coming Home Hospice following a brief illness.
Mr. Charles was the Episcopal bishop in Utah from 1971 to 1993. Following his retirement, Mr. Charles came out as gay and moved to San Francisco. He married Felipe Sanchez-Paris in 2008 during the brief time it was allowed in California. Mr. Sanchez-Paris died July 30, 2013 at the age of 71.