List of Episcopal bishops
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This list consists of the bishops in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, an independent province of the Anglican Communion. This shows the historic succession of the episcopate within this denomination.
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The number references the sequence of consecration. Two capital letters before their number identify bishops consecrated for missionary work outside of the United States. "Diocese" refers to the diocese for which the individual was ordained. Note, this does not mean it was the only diocese that bishop presided over. For example, the Diocese of Delaware was under the supervision of the Diocese of Pennsylvania under William White. "PB" refers to whether the bishop became a Presiding Bishop in the ECUSA and, if so, which number in the sequence.
Under consecrators, one finds numbers (and/or letters) referencing previous bishops on the list. If a series of letters is under "Consecrators," then the consecrators were bishops/archbishops from outside of the ECUSA:
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- ^ Henry U. Onderdonk (21) was co-consecrator of his younger brother Benjamin T. Onderdonk (24). They were the first brothers to be Episcopal bishops.
- ^ J. Thomas Heistand was a co-consecrator of his son Joseph T. Heistand.
- ^ The Rt Revd William O. Gafkjen of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America was also a co-consecrator.
- ^ Edward Bass also oversaw churches in New Hampshire and Maine.
- ^ Eastern Diocese included Vermont and Maine.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k First bishops were sent to the Missionary District of Cape Palmas and Parts Adjacent. The name of the jurisdiction was changed to the Missionary District of Liberia on October 17, 1913, and to the Episcopal Diocese of Liberia on January 1, 1970. On March 18, 1982, the diocese joined the Church of the Province of West Africa. (Episcopal Church Office of Liturgy and Music glossary)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Numbering according to Diocese of New York Web site. Other sources, including Episcopal Church Annual, list Wainwright as provisional only, with successors numbered one less than this list.
- ^ a b History of Diocese of Oregon Later to become dioceses of Oregon, Eastern Oregon, Spokane, Olympia, Idaho and western Montana
- ^ Richard Hooker Wilmer (72) was co-consecrator of his first cousin Joseph Pere Bell Wilmer (80).
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Diocese of Pennsylvania was divided in 1871, with the western portion named Diocese of Central Pennsylvania and Reading made the see city. The see was moved to Bethlehem in 1890. In 1904, the diocese was divided, with the eastern part keeping the name Central Pennsylvania and the western half taking the name Diocese of Harrisburg. The eastern diocese changed its name to Bethlehem in 1909, and Harrisburg changed its name to Central Pennsylvania beginning in 1972. Therefore, the original and current dioceses of Central Pennsylvania are not in fact the same jurisdiction. (History of Central Pennsylvania)
- ^ Name of diocese changed during Welles' tenure
- ^ Name of diocese changed during Thomas Starkey's tenure
- ^ Missionary District of Western Texas became the Diocese of West Texas in 1904 (The Handbook of Texas Online)
- ^ a b c d e f g h Episcopal Diocese of South Florida (originally constituted as Southern Florida) was divided in 1969 into the dioceses of Central Florida, Southeast Florida, and Southwest Florida. South Florida's bishops are listed as predecessor bishops to all three.
- ^ Named changed from Boise to Idaho in 1907.
- ^ Name of diocese changed in 1902
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Missionary District of the Philippine Islands in the United States of America was divided into three dioceses in 1972: Central, Northern and Southern. Northern Luzon was constituted in 1986 and North Central Philippines in 1989. In 1990, they formed the autonomous Episcopal Church in the Philippines. (Episcopal Church in the Philippines, Diocese of the Central Philippines)
- ^ a b c d e f g Puerto Rico became a missionary district in 1901. In 1979, General Convention granted the diocese independence, making it extra-provincial to the Episcopal Church. It was admitted as a diocese in 2003. See General Convention Actions on Venezuela and Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico officially joins Episcopal Church, Episcopal News Service, August 2, 2003, retrieved on May 14, 2007.
- ^ a b Demby and Delany were appointed as suffragan bishops "for colored work."
- ^ Bishop of Haiti and in charge of the Dominican Republic, 1928-1934; Mission District of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, 1934; diocesan bishop, Dominican Republic, 1934-1940; mission district, 1940; bishop in charge, 1940-1943
- ^ Diocese of Marquette changed its name to Northern Michigan in 1937.
- ^ Central America separated from Panama and the Canal Zone in 1956.
- ^ Harold S. Jones was the first Native American bishop in the Episcopal Church. See Dakota Cross-Bearer: The Life and World of a Native American Bishop, Bison Books, Lincoln, Nebraska, 252 p.
- ^ Charles Shannon Mallory was consecrated Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Botswana on January 1, 1972 in the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Christ the King in Gaborone by The Rt Revd Paul Burrough, Bishop of Mashonaland and Dean of the Province of Central Africa, assisted by the Bishops of Matabeleland, Zululand, Bloemfontein and others. The Diocese of Botswana website has further information. He resigned from Botswana in 1978 and from 1979 was Assisting Bishop in the Diocese of Long Island. He was accepted into full membership of the House of Bishops on his appointment to El Camino Real in 1980
- ^ a b "A" numbers are bishops consecrated outside the American episcopate, then transferred in as assistant bishop under Title III, Canon 12, Section 5 (Constitution and Canons, 2006)
- ^ Bishop Soto was consecrated and installed as 2nd Bishop of Venezuela on July 11, 1987 in St. Mary's Cathedral, Caracas. The Rt Revd James H. Ottley, Bishop of Panama and President of Province IX, presided at the ceremony. The co-consecrators were The Most Revd Orland U. Lindsay, primate of the West Indies, The Most Revd Olavo V. Luiz, primate of Brazil and The Rt Revd Haydn Jones, retired bishop of Venezuela.
- ^ The Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago, founded in 1872, had jurisdiction over Venezuela until 1967, when a constitution for a new Diocese of Venezuela in the Province of the West Indies was agreed. Pending the appointment of the first Diocesan Bishop, episcopal oversight rested with the Rt. Revd Guy Marshall (Suffragan Bishop, Trinidad and Tobago) who served from 1967-1974. The first independent Bishop of Venezuela was the Rt Revd. Haydn Jones 1976-1986). The Diocese was for many years extra provincial to The Episcopal Church until its admission to Province IX at the 2006 General Convention.
- ^ From the 19th century onwards, visiting bishops from the USA provided episcopal oversight to the American congregations in Europe. From late in the 19th century, recently retired "Bishops-in-charge" were appointed for two or three years, living in Europe for several months at a time. In 1993 that pattern changed, and a full-time, non-retired resident Bishop in Charge of the Convocation was appointed, The Rt Revd Jeffery Rowthorn. And then, in 2001, the Convocation elected its own bishop, The Rt Revd Pierre W. Whalon.
- ^ Bishop Guerrero was consecrated on August 12, 1995 by Cornelius Wilson, Bishop of Costa Rica; Bernardo Merino Botero, Bishop of Colombia (730); and Julio Cesar Holguin-Khoury, Bishop of República Dominicana (870); which three were assisted by Onell Soto, Bishop of Venezuela (906a); Rawle E. Douglin, Bishop of Trinidad y Tobago, Clarence Wallace Hayes Dewar, Bishop of Panamá and Haydn H. Jones, retired Bishop of Venezuela
- ^ The Rt Revd Allan Bjornberg of the Rocky Mountain Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America was also a co-consecrator.
[edit] References
- The Episcopal Church Annual. Morehouse Publishing: New York, NY (2005).