Episcopal Diocese of San Diego

Diocese
name=Episcopal Diocese of San Diego


province=Province VIII
bishop= James R. Mathes
cathedral= St. Paul's Cathedral, San Diego
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website= [http://www.edsd.org/ Episcopal Diocese of San Diego website]

The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego, created in 1974, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over San Diego County, Imperial County and part of Riverside County in California plus all of Yuma County in Arizona. It is in Province 8 and its cathedral, St. Paul's Cathedral, is in San Diego, as are the diocesan offices. [Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 342-343]

Current bishop

The Rt. Rev. James R. Mathes is the fourth and current bishop of San Diego. He has a master's in divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary. [Episcopal Clerical Directory, 2005, revised edition, New York: Church Publishing, p.585.]

List of bishops

The bishops of San Diego have been: [Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 342]
# Robert M. Wolsterstorff, (1974 - 1982),
# C. Brinkley Morton, (1982 - 1992)
# Gethin B. Hughes, (1992 - 2005)
# James R. Mathes, (2005 - present

ee also

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

References

External links

* [http://www.edsd.org/ Episcopal Diocese of San Diego website]
* [http://www.stpaulcathedral.org/index.html St. Paul's Cathedral website]
* [http://www.episcopalchurch.org Official Web site of the Episcopal Church]

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