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Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City
Location of the Diocese of Long Island
The Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the counties of Kings, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk, which comprise Long Island, New York. It is in Province 2 and its cathedral, the Cathedral of the Incarnation, is located in Garden City, as are its diocesan offices.[1]
[edit] Current bishop
The Rt. Rev. Orris G. Walker, Jr., is the seventh and current bishop of Long Island. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree from General Theological Seminary in New York City, a doctorate in ministry from Drew University, a master of arts degree from the University of Windsor, Ontario, an M.B.A. from the Graduate Theological Foundation in South Bend, Indiana and numerous honorary doctorates.[2]
[edit] List of bishops
The bishops of Long Island have been:[3]
- Abram N. Littlejohn, (1868 - 1901),
- Frederick Burgess, (1901 - 1925)
- Ernest M. Stires, (1925 - 1942)
* Frank W. Creighton, suffragan bishop (1933 - 1937), previously consecrated for the Anglican Church of Mexico (1926, later sixth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan
* John I. B. Larned, suffragan bishop (1929 1946)
- James P. DeWolfe, (1942 - 1966)
* Jonathan G. Sherman, suffragan bishop (1949 1965)
- Jonathan G. Sherman, (1966 - 1977)
* Charles W. MacLean, suffragan bishop (1963 1975)
* Richard B. Martin, suffragan bishop (1967 1974)
- Robert C. Witcher, (1977 - 1991)
* C. Shannon Mallory , assisting bishop (1979 1980)
* Henry B. Hucles, III, suffragan bishop (1981 1988)
* Orris G. Walker, Jr., coadjutor bishop (1988
- Orris G. Walker, Jr., (1991 - present
* Rodney R. Michel, suffragan bishop (1997, now assisting in the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 225-230
- ^ Episcopal Clerical Directory, 2005, revised edition, New York: Church Publishing, p.606.
- ^ Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p.340
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