Episcopal Diocese of Kansas

Diocese
name=Episcopal Diocese of Kansas


province=Province VIII
bishop=
cathedral= Grace Cathedral, Topeka
congregations= 50
members= 12,000
website= [http://www.episcopal-ks.org/ Episcopal Diocese of Kansas website]

The Episcopal Diocese of Kansas, created in 1864, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over eastern Kansas. It is in Province 7 and its cathedral, Grace Cathedral, is in Topeka, as are the diocesan offices. [Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 220-221]

Current bishop

The Rt. Rev. Dean E. Wolfe is the ninth and current bishop of Kansas. He has a master's in divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary and a doctorate in ministry from in Sewanee, Tennessee. [Episcopal Clerical Directory, 2005, revised edition, New York: Church Publishing, p.1016.]

List of bishops

The bishops of Kansas have been: [Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 301] [ [http://www.episcopal-ks.org/history/index.html Diocese of Kansas history] ]

# Thomas Vail,(1883 - 1864)
* Elisha Smith Thomas, coadjutor bishop (1887
# Elisha Smith Thomas, (1889 - 1895)
# Frank Millspaugh, (1895 - 1916)
* Janes Wise, coadjutor bishop (1916 1922)
# Janes Wise, (1916 - 1939)
* Goodrich R. Fenner, coadjutor bishop (1937
# Goodrich R. Fenner, 1939-1959(1939 - 1959)
*Edward C. Turner, coadjutor bishop (1956
# Edward C. Turner, (1959 - 1981)
# Richard Grein, (1981 - 1988)
# William E. Smalley, (1989 - 2003)
*Dean E. Wolfe, coadjutor bishop (2003
# Dean E. Wolfe (2004 - present

ee also

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

References

External links

* [http://www.episcopal-ks.org/ Episcopal Diocese of Kansas website]
* [http://www.episcopal-ks.org/history/index.html Diocese of Kansas history]
* [http://www.gracecathedraltopeka.org/ Grace Cathedral website]
* [http://www.episcopalchurch.org Official Web site of the Episcopal Church]