Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota

Diocese
name=Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota


province=Province VI
bishop=Creighton L. Robertson
cathedral= Calvary Cathedral, Sioux Falls
congregations= 95
members=
website= [http://www.diocesesd.org/ Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota website]

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. [ [http://www.diocesesd.org/WHO_WE_ARE/WHO_WE_ARE.HTM Dioces of South Dakota who we are] ] It is in Province 6 and its cathedral, Calvary Cathedral, is in Sioux Falls, as are the diocesan offices. [ [http://www.episcopalchurch.org/directory_18675_ENG_HTM.htm Episcopal Church online directory] ]

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. [ [http://www.diocesesd.org/WHO_WE_ARE/BISHOP/bishop.htm Diocese of South Dakota bishop's biography] ]

List of bishops

The bishops of South Dakota have been: [Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 349]
# 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

ee also

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

References

External links

* [http://www.diocesesd.org/ Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota website]
* [http://www.calvarycathedral.net/ Calvary Cathedral website]
* [http://www.episcopalchurch.org Official Web site of the Episcopal Church]