- Episcopal Diocese of Montana
Diocese
name=Episcopal Diocese of Montana
province=Province VI
bishop=C. Franklin Brookhart
cathedral= St. Peter's Episcopal Cathedral, Helena
congregations= 42
members=
website= [http://mtepiscopal.homestead.com/ Episcopal Diocese of Montana website]The Episcopal Diocese of Montana is the
diocese of theEpiscopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the state ofMontana . It was established in 1904 and has 42 congregations in 26 counties of the state. It is in Province 6 and itscathedral , St. Peter's Episcopal Cathedral, is in Helena, as are the diocesan offices. [ [http://www.episcopalchurch.org/directory_18678_ENG_HTM.htm Episcopal Church online directory] ]The Right Reverend C. Franklin Brookhart is the current bishop. He has a master's in divinity from
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia and a doctorate fromUnited Theological Seminary inDayton, Ohio . [Episcopal Clerical Directory, 2005, revised edition, New York: Church Publishing, p. 108]List of bishops
The bishops of Montana have been: [Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 273]
# Daniel S. Tuttle, missionary bishop (1866 - 1880)
#Leigh R. Brewer , missionary bishop (1880 - 1904), first diocesan bishop (1904 - 1916)
*William F. Faber ,coadjutor (1914 - 1916)
#William F. Faber (1916 - 1934)
*Herbert H. H. Fox ,suffragan , 1920,coadjutor bishop , 1925 (VI Idaho, 1925 - 1926)
#Herbert H. H. Fox (1934 - 1939 }
* Henry H. Daniels,coadjutor bishop (1939)
# Henry H. Daniels (1939 - 1957)
*Chandler W. Sterling ,coadjutor bishop (1956)
#Chandler W. Sterling (1957 - 1968)
# Jackson E. Gilliam (1968 - 1985)
# Charles I. "Ci" Jones (1986 - 2001)
*Charles L. Keyser , assisting bishop (2001 - 2003)
# C. Franklin Brookhart, Jr. (2003 - presentee also
* List of Succession of Bishops for the Episcopal Church, USA
References
External links
* [http://mtepiscopal.homestead.com/ Episcopal Diocese of Montana website]
* [http://www.stpeterscathedral.net/ St. Peter's Episcopal Cathedral, Helena]
* [http://www.episcopalchurch.org Official Web site of the Episcopal Church]
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