Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee

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Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee
Province	IV (Southeast)
Bishop	Charles G. vonRosenberg
Cathedral	Christ Church Cathedral
Subdivisions	—
Congregations	45
Membership	16,000[1]
Website	Diocese of East Tennessee

The Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee is the diocese of the Episcopal Church that geographically coincides with the political region known as the Grand Division of East Tennessee. The geographic range of the Diocese of East Tennessee was originally part of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee, which was partitioned into three separate dioceses during 1982–1985.

Contents 1 Diocesan facts 2 Bishops of Tennessee before the creation of the Diocese of East Tennessee 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Diocesan facts

Included in the diocese are 34 counties in East Tennessee and three counties in North Georgia, with the Cumberland Plateau forming the western border. Forty-five congregations compose the diocese, with the bishop's seat at St. John's Cathedral in Knoxville. Prior to the division of the diocese, the seat of the bishop was St. Mary's Cathedral in Memphis.

The Rt. Rev. Charles G. vonRosenberg is the third bishop of East Tennessee. There are approximately 150 clergy in the diocese, including those serving congregations, non-parochial and retired priests, and deacons.

[edit] Bishops of Tennessee before the creation of the Diocese of East Tennessee

Rt. Rev. James Hervey Otey, First Bishop of Tennessee	Rt. Rev. Charles Quintard, Second Bishop of Tennessee	Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Gailor, Third Bishop of Tennessee, President of the National Council	Rt. Rev. Edmund Dandridge, Fourth Bishop of Tennessee
Rt. Rev. James Maxon, Fifth Bishop of Tennessee	Rt. Rev. Theodore Barth, Sixth Bishop of Tennessee	Rt. Rev. John Vander Horst, Seventh Bishop of Tennessee	Rt. Rev. William Sanders, Dean of St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Eighth Bishop of Tennessee, First Bishop of East Tennessee

Succeeding Bishop Sanders as diocesan bishop was the Rt. Rev. Robert G. Tharp.^[2]

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Province 4 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America
• Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee
• Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee

[edit] External links

• The Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee
• The Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee
• The Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee

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