The Episcopal Diocese of Nevada is the

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of the

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comprising the entire State of

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...

. The eleventh and current bishop of the Diocese, The Rt. Rev. Elizabeth Bonforte Gardner, was ordained and consecrated by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry at Christ Church Episcopal in Las Vegas on March 5, 2022. On October 8, 2021, the Reverend Gardner was elected bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada. The cathedral in this diocese is Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, and is located in Reno. It was designated in December 2016. In 1971, Nevada achieved separate diocesan status. Under the leadership of diocesan bishop

Wesley Frensdorff Wesley "Wes" Frensdorff (July 22, 1926 – May 17, 1988) was the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada 1972 to 1985. Early life and education Frensdorff was born on July 22, 1926, in Hanover, Weimar Republic, the son of Rudolph August Frensdo ...

, who served from 1972 to 1985, Nevada became a leader in the concept of Total Ministry, the "ministry of all the baptized," in which laity and clergy have a more equal share in ministry. The ninth

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of Nevada, the Right Reverend

Katharine Jefferts Schori Katharine Jefferts Schori (born March 26, 1954) is the former Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church of the United States. Previously elected as the 9th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada, she was the first woman elected ...

, was elected the 26th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church at the 2006

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, becoming the first female

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in the

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. The Diocese works to be faithfully engaged in civic society with people of all faiths through Nevadans for the Common Good, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, the Nevada Faith and Justice Alliance, Communities in Schools, All Our Children, Bread for the World and other groups working for justice and mercy.

Bishops

These are the bishops who have served the region now known as the state of

: Bishops * Joseph Cruickshank Talbot,

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, Northwest Diocese (1860 - 1869) *

Ozi William Whitaker Ozi William Whitaker (May 10, 1830 – February 9, 1911) was a leading evangelical in the Episcopal Church who became missionary bishop of Nevada and Arizona, then coadjutor and eventually the 5th diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Penns ...

and

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, (1869 - 1886) *

Abiel Leonard Abiel Leonard (June 26, 1848 – December 3, 1903) was the second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah, serving from 1888 to 1903. He was succeeded by Franklin Spencer Spalding. Biography Abiel Leonard was born in Fayette, Missouri on June ...

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and

, (1888 - 1903) * Henry Douglas Robinson (1908 - 1913) * George Coolidge Hunting (1914 - 1924) * Thomas Jenkins (1929 - 1942) * William F. Lewis (1942 - 1959) *

William Godsell Wright William Godsell Wright (March 13, 1904 August 4, 1973) was an Episcopal prelate who served as Bishop of Nevada from 1960 to 1972. Education Wright was born on March 13, 1904, in Greenville, Illinois, the son of William Clifford Wright and Edit ...

(1960-1972) *

(1972 - 1985) * Stewart Clark Zabriskie (1986 - 1999) *

(2001 - 2006)
*

Jerry A. Lamb Jerry Alban Lamb (born September 4, 1940) is a retired American bishop. He was the sixth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California. Background Lamb was born in Denver, Colorado. He attended the Roman Catholic St. Thomas Seminary in ...

, Assisting (2007) * Dan Thomas Edwards (2008 - 2018)
*

James Edward Waggoner James Edward Waggoner Jr., D.D. served as the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane. In 2019, he became Assisting Bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada and served through March 2021. Waggoner Jr. holds a Bachelor of Arts degree f ...

, Assisting (2018-2022) * Elizabeth Bonfort Gardner (2022 - current)

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Journal of the Annual Convocation of the Missionary District of Nevada
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Christianity in Nevada Christian organizations established in 1971 Province 8 of the Episcopal Church (United States) 1971 establishments in Nevada

Bishops

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