Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac

Diocese
name=Diocese of Fond du Lac


province=Province V
bishop=Russell Edward Jacobus
cathedral=St. Paul's Cathedral,
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
deaneries=4 active
congregations=34 plus 2 chapels
members=over 6600
website= [http://www.episcopalfonddulac.org Diocese of Fond du Lac]

thumb|Location of the Diocese of Fond du Lac

The Diocese of Fond du Lac is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing the northeastern third of Wisconsin. It was created out of the Diocese of Wisconsin in 1875 and took on its current boundaries when the Diocese of Eau Claire was created in 1928. The diocese contains 34 congregations, two chapels and has more than 6,600 baptized members. It is part of Province 5 (the upper Midwest).

Cathedral

The episcopal see is at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The Cathedral Church of St. Paul the Apostle is the mother church. Diocesan offices are in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Parishes in the diocese

*Appleton - All Saints Episcopal Church
*Fish Creek - Church of the Atonement
*Manitowoc - St. James' Episcopal Church
*New London - St. John's Episcopal Church
*Oneida - Church of the Holy Apostles
*Oshkosh - Trinity Episcopal Church
*Sheboygan - Grace Walsingham Episcopal Church
*Wausau - St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church
*Wisconsin Rapids - St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church

Bishops

The current and seventh bishop of the Diocese is the Rt. Rev. Russell E. Jacobus, who has served since 1994.

These are the bishops who have served the Diocese of Fond du Lac: ["The Episcopal Church Annual". Morehouse Publishing: New York, NY (2005)]
# John Henry Hobart Brown (1875 - 1888)
# Charles Chapman Grafton (1889 - 1912)
* Reginald Heber Weller, Coadjutor Bishop (consecrated 1900)
# Reginald Heber Weller (1912 - 1933)
* Harwood Sturtevant, Coadjutor Bishop (consecrated 1929)
# Harwood Sturtevant (1933 - 1956)
* William Hampton Brady, Coadjutor Bishop (consecrated 1953)
# William Hampton Brady (1956 - 1980)
# William Louis Stevens (1980 - 1994)

ee also

* List of Succession of Bishops for the Episcopal Church, USA

References

cite book
last = Curtiss
first = A. Parker
title = History of the Diocese of Fond du Lac and Its Several Congregations
publisher = P.B. Haber Printing
date = 1925
url = http://anglicanhistory.org/usa/wi/fonddulac1925/
location = Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
quote = Compiled Under The Direction of The Bishop, in Commemoration of its FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY

Notes

External links

* [http://episcopalfonddulac.org/ The Diocese of Fond du Lac]
* [http://saintpaulsepiscopalcathedral.org/ St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral]
* [http://anglicanhistory.org/usa/wi/fonddulac1925/ History of the Diocese of Fond du Lac and Its Several Congregations] 1925 diocesan history
* [http://www.episcopalchurch.org Official Web site of the Episcopal Church]