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==Bishops |
==Bishops== |
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The current and seventh bishop of the Diocese is the Rt. Rev. [[Russell Edward Jacobus|Russell E. Jacobus]], who has served since [[1994]]. |
The current and seventh bishop of the Diocese is the Rt. Rev. [[Russell Edward Jacobus|Russell E. Jacobus]], who has served since [[1994]]. |
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The Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing the northeastern third of Wisconsin. It was created out of the Diocese of Wisconsin in 1875 and took on its current boundaries when the Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire was created in 1928. The diocese contains 34 congregations, two chapels and has more than 6,600 baptized members. It is part of Province 5 (the upper Midwest).
Cathedral
The episcopal see is at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The Cathedral Church of St. Paul the Apostle is the mother church. Diocesan offices are in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Parishes in the diocese
- Appleton - All Saints Episcopal Church
- Fish Creek - Church of the Atonement
- Manitowoc - St. James' Episcopal Church
- New London - St. John's Episcopal Church
- Oneida - Church of the Holy Apostles
- Oshkosh - Trinity Episcopal Church
- Sheboygan - Grace Walsingham Episcopal Church
- Wausau - St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church
- Wisconsin Rapids - St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church
Bishops
The current and seventh bishop of the Diocese is the Rt. Rev. Russell E. Jacobus, who has served since 1994.
These are the bishops who have served the Diocese of Fond du Lac:[1]
- John Henry Hobart Brown (1875 - 1888)
- Charles Chapman Grafton (1889 - 1912)
* Reginald Heber Weller, Coadjutor Bishop (consecrated 1900) - Reginald Heber Weller (1912 - 1933)
* Harwood Sturtevant, Coadjutor Bishop (consecrated 1929) - Harwood Sturtevant (1933 - 1956)
* William Hampton Brady, Coadjutor Bishop (consecrated 1953) - William Hampton Brady (1956 - 1980)
- William Louis Stevens (1980 - 1994)
See also
References
Curtiss, A. Parker (1925). History of the Diocese of Fond du Lac and Its Several Congregations. Fond du Lac, Wisconsin: P.B. Haber Printing. Compiled Under The Direction of The Bishop, in Commemoration of its FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
Notes
- ^ The Episcopal Church Annual. Morehouse Publishing: New York, NY (2005)
External links
- The Diocese of Fond du Lac
- St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral
- History of the Diocese of Fond du Lac and Its Several Congregations 1925 diocesan history
- Official Web site of the Episcopal Church
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