Episcopal Diocese of Alaska

Diocese
name=Episcopal Diocese of Alaska


province=Province VIII
bishop=Right Reverend Mark L. MacDonald
cathedral=none
subdivisions= Deaneries
congregations=48
members=
website= [http://home.gci.net/~episcopalak/missionstatement.htm Diocese of Alaska website]

The Episcopal Diocese of Alaska is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the state of Alaska. It was established in 1895 and has 48 congregations. [ [http://home.gci.net/~episcopalak/ Episcopal Diocese of Alaska website] ] It is in Province 9. It has no cathedral and the diocesan offices are located in Fairbanks. [Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 124]

Current bishop

The Right Reverend Mark L. MacDonald is the current bishop. He has a divinity degree from Wycliffe College in Toronto, Ontario.

List of bishops

The bishops of Alaska have been: [Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 124] [ [http://home.gci.net/~episcopalak/bishops_of_alaska.htm Bishops of Alaska] ]
# Peter Trimble Rowe, (1895 - 1942)
* John Boyd Bentley, suffragan (1931 - 1942)
# John Boyd Bentley, (1943 - 1948)
# William Jones Gordon Jr., (1948 - 1974)
# David Rea Cochran, (1974 - 1981)
# George Clinton Harris, (1981 - 1991)
# Steven Charleston, (1991 - 1996)
# Mark L. MacDonald, (1997 - present.

Churches on the National Register

Two parish churches are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as follows:
* St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Seward, Alaska)
* St. Philip's Episcopal Church (Wrangell, Alaska)

ee also

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

References

External links

* [http://home.gci.net/~episcopalak/missionstatement.htm Diocese of Alaska website]
* [http://www.episcopalchurch.org Official Web site of the Episcopal Church]