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Location of the Diocese of Rochester
The Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over eight counties in west central New York. It is bounded on the north by Lake Ontario, on the east by the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York, on the south by Pennsylvania and on the west by the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York. It is in Province 2 and has no cathedral. Its diocesan offices are in Rochester.[1]
[edit] Current bishop
The Rt. Rev. Jack M. McKelvey is the seventh and current bishop of Rochester. He has a master's of divinity and an honorary doctorate from Virginia Theological Seminary.[2] He was suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark from 1991-1999.[3]
[edit] List of bishops
The bishops of Rochester have been:[4][5]
- David L. Ferris, (1931 - 1938), who previously served the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York as suffragan bishop (1920 - 1924), coadjutor bishop (1924) - 1929) and fifth diocesan bishop, (1929 - 1931).[6]
* Bartel H. Reinheimer, coadjutor bishop (1936)
- Bartel H. Reinheimer, (1938 - 1949)
- Dudley S. Stark, (1950 - 1962)
- George W. Barrett, (1963 - 1969)
- Robert R. Spears, Jr., (1970 - 1984) (d. 2008)
- William G. Burrill, (1984 - 1999),
- Jack M. McKelvey, (2000 - present
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 340-341
- ^ Episcopal Clerical Directory, 2005, revised edition, New York: Church Publishing, p.606.
- ^ Episcopal Church Annual, 2004, Harrisburg: Morehouse Publishing, p. 292.
- ^ Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p.340
- ^ Aout the Diocese of Rochester
- ^ Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 414
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