Episcopal Diocese of Rochester

Diocese
name=Episcopal Diocese of Rochester


province=Province II
bishop= Prince Singh
cathedral= None
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website= [http://www.rochesterepiscopaldiocese.org/home01.html Episcopal Diocese of Rochester website]

The Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over eight counties in west central New York. It is bounded on the north by Lake Ontario, on the east by the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York, on the south by Pennsylvania and on the west by the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York. It is in Province 2 and has no cathedral. Its diocesan offices are in Rochester. [Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 340-341]

Current bishop

The Rt. Rev. Prince Singh is the eighth and current bishop of Rochester.

Past bishops

Jack M. McKelvey

Jack M. McKelvey was the seventh bishop of Rochester. He has a master's of divinity and an honorary doctorate from Virginia Theological Seminary. [Episcopal Clerical Directory, 2005, revised edition, New York: Church Publishing, p.606.] He was suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark from 1991-1999. [Episcopal Church Annual, 2004, Harrisburg: Morehouse Publishing, p. 292.]

List of bishops

The bishops of Rochester have been: [Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p.340] [ [http://www.rochesterepiscopaldiocese.org/about.html Aout the Diocese of Rochester] ]

# David L. Ferris, (1931 - 1938), who previously served the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York as suffragan bishop (1920 - 1924), coadjutor bishop (1924) - 1929) and fifth diocesan bishop, (1929 - 1931). [Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 414]
* Bartel H. Reinheimer, coadjutor bishop (1936)
# Bartel H. Reinheimer, (1938 - 1949)
# Dudley S. Stark, (1950 - 1962)
# George W. Barrett, (1963 - 1969)
# Robert R. Spears, Jr., (1970 - 1984) (d. 2008)
# William G. Burrill, (1984 - 1999)
# Jack M. McKelvey, (2000 - 2008)
# Prince Singh, (2008 - present)

ee also

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

References

External links

* [http://www.rochesterepiscopaldiocese.org/jump05.htm Episcopal Diocese of Rochester website]
* [http://www.episcopalchurch.org Official Web site of the Episcopal Church]