The Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota is a

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of the Episcopal Church with jurisdiction over the state of

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History

The diocese was created in 1871 at the Missionary District of Niobrara. It adopted the name Missionary District of South Dakota in 1884.

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was consecrated as Missionary Bishop in 1873, and full

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and the district concentrated its efforts on Native Americans.Diocesan Bishops
The original boundaries of the district "covered a territory north of the

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and west of the

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, all the way to the Rockies." The Missionary District became the Diocese of South Dakota in 1971, at which time there were 18 parishes, 24 mission congregations, 90 churches & chapels in the Niobrara Deanery, and 4 Episcopal schools.

Structure and membership

The diocese is composed of 76 member congregations in South Dakota, two in

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and one in

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, organized geographically into seven deaneries. The diocese is made up of seven geographical

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(10 churches), Pine Ridge (7),

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(15), Central (7), Northwest (17), Northeast (10) and Eastern (12). There is one church located in

, St. John’s in Browns Valley, part of the Northeast Deanery, and two in Nebraska, Blessed Redeemer, in

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and Our Most Merciful Savior, in

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. Its

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, Calvary Cathedral, is located in

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. The Diocese of South Dakota has a multicultural membership and history. It has a special relationship with its Native American population. Approximately half of the 12,000 baptized Episcopalians in South Dakota are either Dakota or Lakota

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. The diocese also includes two congregations composed of Sudanese immigrants in Sioux Falls.

List of bishops

The bishops of South Dakota have been: #

, Missionary Bishop from (1873–1883), full Bishop (1883–1909)
*

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(1905–1909) #

, (1910–1911) # George Biller, Jr. (1912–1915) # Hugh L. Burleson (1916–1931)
* William P. Remington,

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(1918–1922)
* W. Blair Roberts,

(1922–1931) # W. Blair Roberts, (1931–1954)
* Conrad H. Gesner,

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(1945–1954) # Conrad H. Gesner, (1954–1970)
*

Lyman C. Ogilby Lyman Cunningham Ogilby (January 25, 1922 – November 3, 1990) was an Episcopal priest who became a missionary bishop in the Philippines (then a U.S. territory), coadjutor bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota and later the Episcopal ...

(1964–1970) # Walter H. Jones (1970–1983)
* Harold S. Jones,

(1972–1976)
''(Note: Harold S. Jones was the first Native American bishop in the Episcopal Church)'' # Craig B. Anderson, (1984–1992) # Creighton Leland Robertson, (1994–2009), # John T. Tarrant, (2009–2019)''South Dakota diocese elects Tarrant as bishop coadjutor,'
Episcopal Life Online, May 9, 2009
# Jonathan H. Folts, (2019-present)

Historic churches

Diocesan churches listed on the

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include: *

Church of Our Most Merciful Saviour The Church of Our Most Merciful Saviour, also known as the Santee Mission, built in 1884, is a historic Carpenter Gothic style Episcopal church located on the Missouri River in the Santee Indian Reservation in Santee, Nebraska. Although its si ...

, Santee, Nebraska *

Emmanuel Episcopal Church (Rapid City, South Dakota) The Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Rapid City, South Dakota is an historic Gothic Revival sandstone Episcopal church located at 717 Quincy Street. In 1975, Emmanuel Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It was built du ...

Holy Fellowship Episcopal Church (Greenwood, South Dakota) Holy Fellowship Episcopal Church is an historic Carpenter Gothic Episcopal church built in 1886 near Greenwood on the Yankton Indian Reservation in Charles Mix County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. In 1975 it was added to the National Reg ...

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Scotland, South Dakota) St. Andrew's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church building in Scotland, South Dakota, in the United States. The brick Gothic Revival style building was built in 1886, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jun ...

References

External links

Episcopal Diocese of South DakotaCalvary Cathedral
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Journal of the Annual Convocation, Missionary District of South Dakota
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