Louis Wahl Falk III (December 30, 1935 – January 23, 2025)^[1] was an Anglican bishop who served as the president of the House of Bishops of theAnglican Church in America. Until 2002 he was the primate of theTraditional Anglican Communion, an international body ofcontinuing Anglican churches.^[2]

Falk was born inMilwaukee,Wisconsin. In 1953 he graduated from theUniversity School of Milwaukee. On September 3, 1955, he married Carol Alice Froemming. In 1958, Falk graduated fromLawrence College (now Lawrence University) with a major in philosophy and aBachelor of Arts degree awardedsumma cum laude. He was a member ofPhi Beta Kappa.

In 1962, Falk graduated with aMaster of Divinity degree awardedcum laude fromNashotah House, a seminary of theEpiscopal Church. On January 23, 1962, he was ordained a deacon, and on August 6, 1962, he was ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church. He went on to become a businessman and from 1976 to 1981 he was president of the General Growth Management Company inDes Moines, Iowa.

In the late 1970s, Falk joined theAnglican Catholic Church. He became rector of Saint Aidan's Parish in Des Moines. In 1981 he was elected first bishop of the Diocese of the Missouri Valley. On February 14, 1981, in Des Moines, he was consecrated a bishop byJames Orin Mote (Diocese of the Holy Trinity),Carmino de Cantanzaro (Anglican Catholic Church of Canada), William F. Burns (Diocese of the Resurrection), William O. Lewis (Diocese of the Midwest), and William Dejarnette Rutherford (Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic).

In 1983, Falk was elected archbishop^[3] and primate of theAnglican Catholic Church.^[4] In the late 1980s, under Falk's leadership, the Anglican Catholic Church entered into discussions with theAmerican Episcopal Church to effect a union between the two bodies. A portion of the Anglican Catholic Church and the American Episcopal Church united in October 1991 to form theAnglican Church in America of which Falk became the first primate.

Falk helped convene and create the Traditional Anglican Communion, of which he also became the first primate.

In 2002 Falk resigned as primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion and was succeeded by ArchbishopJohn Hepworth. In 2005, Falk retired as primate of the Anglican Church in America and as bishop ordinary of the Diocese of the Missouri Valley. The church re-structured itself and decided not to have a primate, but instead a president of the House of Bishops. Falk was elected the first president of the House of Bishops. He was succeeded as bishop of the Diocese of the Missouri Valley by Bishop Stephen D. Strawn.

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