Episcopal Diocese of Kansas

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Episcopal Diocese of Kansas
Arms of Episcopal Diocese of Kansas
Province Province VIII
Bishop
Cathedral Grace Cathedral, Topeka
Subdivisions
Congregations 50
Membership 12,000
Website Episcopal Diocese of Kansas website


Location of the Diocese of
Location of the Diocese of

The Episcopal Diocese of Kansas, created in 1864, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over eastern Kansas. It is in Province 7 and its cathedral, Grace Cathedral, is in Topeka, as are the diocesan offices.[1]

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[edit] Current bishop

The Rt. Rev. Dean E. Wolfe is the ninth and current bishop of Kansas. He has a master's in divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary and a doctorate in ministry from The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.[2]

[edit] List of bishops

The bishops of Kansas have been:[3][4]

  1. Thomas Vail,(1883 - 1864)
    * Elisha Smith Thomas, coadjutor bishop (1887
  2. Elisha Smith Thomas, (1889 - 1895)
  3. Frank Millspaugh, (1895 - 1916)
    * Janes Wise, coadjutor bishop (1916 1922)
  4. Janes Wise, (1916 - 1939)
    * Goodrich R. Fenner, coadjutor bishop (1937
  5. Goodrich R. Fenner, 1939-1959(1939 - 1959)
    *Edward C. Turner, coadjutor bishop (1956
  6. Edward C. Turner, (1959 - 1981)
  7. Richard Grein, (1981 - 1988)
  8. William E. Smalley, (1989 - 2003)
    *Dean E. Wolfe, coadjutor bishop (2003
  9. Dean E. Wolfe (2004 - present

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 220-221
  2. ^ Episcopal Clerical Directory, 2005, revised edition, New York: Church Publishing, p.1016.
  3. ^ Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 301
  4. ^ Diocese of Kansas history

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