The Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas, created in 1971, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over western Kansas. It was formerly the Missionary District of Salina until 1960 and then the Missionary District of Western Kansas until 1971. It is in Province 7. Its cathedral, Christ Episcopal Cathedral, is in Salina. The diocesan offices are located in Hutchinson.Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 406-407

Current bishop

Bishop Mark Cowell was consecrated as the sixth diocesan bishop of Western Kansas on 1 December 2018.

List of bishops of Western Kansas

The bishops of Western Kansas have been:

Missionary

Sheldon M. Griswold Sheldon Munson Griswold (January 8, 1861 – November 28, 1930) was missionary bishop of Salina, now the Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas and later served as the Bishop of Chicago in 1930. Early life and education Griswold was born on January ...

(1903–1917) * John C. Sage (1918–1919) * Robert H. Mize (1921–1938) * Shirley Hall Nichols (1943–1955) * Arnold M. Lewis (1956–1964) * William Davidson, last missionary bishop (1966–1971), first diocesan bishop (1971–1980)

Diocesan

# William Davidson, last missionary bishop (1966–1971), first diocesan bishop (1971–1980) #

John F. Ashby John Forsythe Ashby (March 26, 1929 – May 10, 2001) was an American bishop in the Episcopal Church. Early life and education Ashby was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on March 26, 1929, son of Thomas Albert Ashby and Margaret Mote. He received a ba ...

(1981–1995) # Vernon E. Strickland (1995–2002) # James M. Adams (2002–2010), resigned in January, 2010 # Michael Pierce Milliken (2011-2018) # Mark Cowell (2018- )

References

External links

The Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas websiteOfficial Web site of the Episcopal Church

Western Kansas Western Kansas may refer to: * The western part of Kansas * West Kansas, proposed state * Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas The Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas, created in 1971, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of ...