Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana

The Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana, originally called the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan City, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the northern one-third of Indiana. It is in Province 5 and its cathedral, the Cathedral of St. James, is in South Bend, as are the diocesan offices.[1]

Diocese of Northern Indiana
Location
CountryUnited States
TerritoryAdams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Carroll, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Grant, Howard, Huntington, Jasper, Jay, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Lake, LaPorte, Marshall, Miami, Newton, Noble, Porter, Pulaski, St. Joseph, Starke, Steuben, Wabash, Wells, White, Whitley
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince V
Statistics
Congregations34
Members3,622 (2019)
Information
DenominationEpiscopal Church
EstablishedApril 25, 1899
CathedralCathedral of St James
Current leadership
BishopDouglas Sparks
Map

Location of the Diocese of Northern Indiana
Website
ednin.org

Description

The Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana has 34 parishes and missions in 31 counties of northern Indiana. Except for Tippecanoe County, all counties in the state straddling or lying north of 40º 30' North latitude are in the diocese. Fort Wayne is the largest city in the diocese followed by South Bend, Gary, and Elkhart. Cities in the diocese with more than one parish are Fort Wayne and South Bend with three each, and Elkhart, Gary and Michigan City with two each.

History

In October, 1888, the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America approved splitting the Episcopal Diocese of Indiana into the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan City covering the northern one-third of the state and the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis covering the rest. John Hazen White, the Bishop of Indiana at the time elected to become bishop of Michigan City and was consecrated on April 25, 1899. A new bishop was elected for Indianapolis and he was consecrated September 21, 1899.[2]

Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana

Current bishop

Doug Sparks is the eighth and current bishop of the diocese.

List of bishops
Doug Sparks, 8th bishop, receiving the crozier from his predecessor, Edward S. Little II

The bishops of Northern Indiana have been:[3]

St. James Memorial Chapel

The first four bishops of Northern Indiana are buried in the crypt of St. James Memorial Chapel on the grounds of Howe Military School in Howe, Indiana. The wives of the first three bishops are also buried there.[4] Note: The fifth bishop, William C. R. Sheridan, who died September 24, 2005, at his home in Culver, Indiana, was buried in New Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth, Indiana.[5]

See also
  • Succession of Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States

Bibliography
St. James Cathedral in South Bend
  • Lilly, Eli, History of the Little Church on the Circle: Christ Church Parish, Indianapolis, 1837-1953 (Indianapolis:Christ Episcopal Church, 1957, while it is a parish history of what is now the cathedral of the Diocese of Indianapolis, contains some material on the early history of the Episcopal Church in Indiana and Jackson Kemper, Missionary Bishop of Indiana and Missouri. It also has information on the split of the state into two dioceses.

References
  1. Episcopal Church Annual, 2004, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 304-305
  2. Lilly, Eli, History of the Little Church on the Circle: Christ Church Parish, Indianapolis, 1837-1953 (1957) Indianapolis:Christ Episcopal Church, p.263
  3. Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 304
  4. LaGrange County Cemetery Burial listing
  5. Marshall County, Indiana, obituaries
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