- Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri
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Diocese of West Missouri Location Ecclesiastical province Province VII Information Rite Episcopal Cathedral Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kansas City, Missouri Current leadership Bishop Martin S. Field Map 
Location of the Diocese of West MissouriWebsite diowestmo.org The Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over western Missouri. It is in Province 7 and its cathedral, Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, is in Kansas City, Missouri, as are the diocesan offices.[1]
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Bishops of West Missouri
Honorific & Name Dates 1st The Rt. Rev. Edward Robert Atwill 1890–1911 2nd The Rt. Rev. Sidney Catlin Partridge 1911–1930 3rd The Rt. Rev. Robert Nelson Spencer 1930–1949 4th The Rt. Rev. Edward Randolph Welles 1950–1972 5th The Rt. Rev. Arthur Anton Vogel 1973–1989 6th The Rt. Rev. John Clark Buchanan 1989-1999 (Coadjutor Bishop, 1989) 7th The Rt. Rev. Barry Robert Howe 1999-2011 8th The Very Rev. Martin Scott Field 2011- In 2009, the 7th Bishop of West Missouri, the Rt. Rev. Barry Howe, announced his intention to retire and called for the election of his successor. Nominations for the election of his successor closed on March 22, 2010, with a final list of nominees announced in September 2010 ahead of the election at the Diocesan Convention on November 5–6, 2010. The list included: The Rev. Peter Casparian, The Rev. Canon E. Daniel Smith, and the Very Rev. Martin S. Field. On the third ballot, Fr. Field, then Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Flint, MI, received sufficient votes in the clergy and lay orders to be elected. Fr. Field was consecrated and installed as the 8th Bishop of West Missouri on Saturday, March 5, 2011, by Presiding Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori. His enthronment at the diocesan cathedral was the next day, Sunday, March 6th.[2]
Suffragan and Assisting Bishops
- The Rt Rev. Robert R. Spears, Jr., Suffragan Bishop 1967-1970 (subsequently Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, 1970–1984)
See also
- List of Succession of Bishops for the Episcopal Church, USA
References
- ^ Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 398-400
- ^ Episcopal Life Online item, March 5, 2010
External links
- Diocese of West Missouri website
- Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral website
- Official Web site of the Episcopal Church
Categories:- Episcopal dioceses of the United States
- Christianity in Missouri
- Episcopal churches in Missouri
- Religious organizations established in 1890
- Anglican dioceses established in the 19th century
- Anglican diocese stubs
- Missouri stubs
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