Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri

The Diocese of West Missouri, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over western Missouri. It is in Province 7 and its cathedral, Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, is in Kansas City, Missouri, as are the diocesan offices.[1]

Diocese of West Missouri
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince VII
Coordinates39°05′53″N 94°35′22″W
Statistics
Congregations49 (2014)
Members10,099 (2014)
Information
RiteEpiscopal
CathedralGrace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kansas City, Missouri
Current leadership
BishopMartin Scott Field
Map

Location of The Diocese of West Missouri
Website
diowestmo.org

Bishops of West Missouri
Honorific & Name Dates
1st Edward Robert Atwill 1890–1911
2nd Sidney Catlin Partridge 1911–1930
3rd Robert Nelson Spencer 1930–1949
4th Edward Randolph Welles 1950–1972
5th Arthur Anton Vogel 1973–1989
6th John Clark Buchanan 1989-1999 (Coadjutor Bishop, 1989)
7th Barry Robert Howe 1999-2011
8th Martin Scott Field 2011-

Martin Field was consecrated and installed as the 8th Bishop of West Missouri on Saturday, March 5, 2011, by Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Presiding Bishop.

Suffragan and Assisting Bishops
  • Robert R. Spears, Jr., Suffragan Bishop 1967-1970 (subsequently Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, 1970–1984)

See also
  • List of Succession of Bishops for the Episcopal Church, USA

References
  1. Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 398-400


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.