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Location of the Diocese of South Dakota
The Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the state of South Dakota. It has 92 congregations in South Dakota, 2 in Nebraska and 1 in Minnesota.[1] It is in Province 6 and its cathedral, Calvary Cathedral, is in Sioux Falls, as are the diocesan offices.[2]
[edit] Current bishop
The Right Reverend Creighton L. Robertson is the current bishop. He has a law degree from the University of South Dakota, a divinity degree and an honorary doctorate from The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. He is a member of the Sisseton/Wahpeton Sioux Tribe and is the first Native American bishop of South Dakota as well as the first bishop in the Episcopal Church to be a member of a tribe located within his own jurisdiction.[3]
[edit] List of bishops
The bishops of South Dakota have been:[4]
- William H. Hare, (1883 - 1909), previously (1873 - 1983) Missionary Bishop of Niobrara, predecessor to the Diocese of South Dakota
* Frederick F. Johnson, assisting bishop (1905 - 1909)
- Frederick F. Johnson, (1910 - 1911)
- George Biller, Jr (1912 - 1915)
- Hugh L. Burlesom (1916 - 1931)
* William P. Remington, suffragan (1918 - 1922)
* W. Blair Roberts, suffragan (1922 - 1931)
- W. Blair Roberts, (1931 - 1954)
* Conrad H. Gesner, coadjutor bishop (1945 - 1954)
- Conrad H. Gesner, (1954 - 1970)
* Lyman C. Ogilby, coadjutor bishop (1964 - 1970)
- Walter H. Jones (1970 - 1983)
* Harold S. Jones, suffragan (1971 - 1976)
- Craig B. Anderson, (1984 - 1992)
- Creighton L. Robertson (1994 - present
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