Episcopal Diocese of Lexington

Diocese of Lexington

Location
Ecclesiastical province	Province IV
Statistics
Congregations	35
Members	8,900
Information
Rite	Episcopal
Cathedral	Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington
Current leadership
Bishop	Douglas Hahn
Map
Location of the Diocese of Lexington
Website
diolex.org

The Episcopal Diocese of Lexington is the diocese of The Episcopal Church with jurisdiction over eastern Kentucky. It was created in 1895 from the Diocese of Kentucky which continues to have jurisdiction of the western portion of the state. The cathedral for the Diocese of Kentucky is located in Louisville. The Diocese of Lexington is in Province 4 and its cathedral, Christ Church Cathedral, is in Lexington, as are the diocesan offices.^[1] The diocesan office is called Mission House.

The Diocese's greatest membership strength is in the Bluegrass region in and around Lexington, with a smaller pocket of strength in the Northern Kentucky suburbs of Cincinnati. The Diocese has only a few congregations in the Appalachian portion of the southeastern corner of the state.

Bishops of Lexington

	Name	Date	Notes
I	The Rt. Rev. Lewis W. Burton	1896-1928
II	The Rt. Rev. Henry P. A, Abbott	1929-1945
III	The Rt. Rev. William R. Moody	1945-1971	Addison Hosea, bishop coadjutor 1970 - 1971
IV	The Rt. Rev. Addison Hosea	1971–1985	Don A. Wimberly, bishop coadjutor 1984–1985
V	The Rt. Rev. Don A. Wimberly,	1985–1999	Bishop Wimberly was translated to the Diocese of Texas.
	The Rt. Rev. Rogers S. Harris	1999–2000	assisting
VI	The Rt. Rev. Stacy F. Sauls	2000–2011
	The Rt. Rev. Chilton Knudson	2011-2012	interim
VII	The Rt. Rev. Douglas Hahn	2012–present

Current bishop

On August 18, 2012, the Very Rev. Douglas Hahn was elected on the second ballot. He was consecrated the seventh Bishop of Lexington on December 15, 2012.

List of parishes and locations

Location	Church
Anderson County	St. Joseph's (unorganized)
Ashland	Calvary
Barnes Mountain	St. Timothy's
Beattyville	St. Thomas
Clark County	St. Hubert's
Corbin	St. John's
Covington	Trinity
Cynthiana	Advent
Danville	Trinity
Flemingsburg	St. Francis'
Florence	Grace
Fort Thomas	St. Andrew's
Frankfort	Ascension
Georgetown	Holy Trinity
Harlan	Christ Church
Harrodsburg	St. Philip's
Hazard	St. Mark's
Jessamine County	Resurrection
Lexington	Christ Church Cathedral
Lexington	Good Shepherd
Lexington	St. Andrew's
Lexington	St. Martha's
Lexington	St. Michael's
Lexington	St. Raphael's
Lexington	Walnut Hill
Madison County	Our Saviour
Maysville	Nativity
Middlesboro	St. Mary's
Morehead	St. Alban's
Mount Sterling	Ascension
Newport	St. Paul's
Paris	St. Peter's
Prestonsburg	St. James
Somerset	St. Patrick's
Versailles	St. John's
Winchester	Emmanuel

In addition to these parishes and missions, there are other ministries of the Dioceses that have attached chapels. The college ministry at the University of Kentucky is located at St. Augustine's Chapel in Lexington. St. Agnes' House in Lexington "is a nonprofit, ecumenical mission providing economical lodging for patients and their caregivers who have traveled to Lexington, Kentucky seeking treatment for serious illnesses at area hospitals and other medical care facilities." <ref name=St.Agnes'House>"St. Agnes' House". Episcopal Diocese of Lexington. </ref>

The Diocese of Lexington also has a Co-Cathedral located at the diocesan camp and conference center, The Cathedral Domain,^[2] in Lee County. It is called the Cathedral of St. George the Martyr.

References

↑ Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 224
↑ "The Cathedral Domain".

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