Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee, originally the Diocese of Wisconsin is the

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of the

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located in the southern area of

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

. It is in Province V (for the

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region). The Rt. Reverend Steven Miller was the most recent bishop, serving until December 31, 2020.

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serves as bishop provisional

Cathedral

The

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city is

Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee is ...

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is the mother church.

History

The diocese was formed after

Jackson Kemper Jackson Kemper (December 24, 1789 – May 24, 1870) in 1835 became the first missionary bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Especially known for his work with Native American peoples, he also founded parishes in wha ...

was named the Episcopal Church's first missionary bishop and oversaw the church's mission to the Northwest Territories from 1835 to 1859. He became provisional bishop of Wisconsin from 1847 to 1854 and first bishop of the Diocese of Wisconsin from 1854 to 1870. In 1875, the

Diocese of Fond du Lac The Diocese of Fond du Lac is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing the northeastern third of Wisconsin. The diocese contains about 3,800 baptized members worshiping in 33 locations. It is part of Province ...

was created to serve the northeastern 26 counties of the state. The

Diocese of Eau Claire The Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America encompassing the northwestern third of Wisconsin. It is part of Province 5 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Province ...

, was carved out of the diocese in 1928 for the counties in the northwestern part of Wisconsin. The Diocese of Wisconsin became the Diocese of Milwaukee in 1886. During the first two decades of the 21st-century or so membership declined from 15,000 to 8,000. In 2021 it was announced that the diocese of Fond du Lac, Eau Claire, and Milwaukee would contemplate entering an agreement of greater collaboration. In October 2021 it was announced that the three diocese would be actively pursuing reuniting as one diocese in Wisconsin.

Bishops

(1859-1870) #

William Edmond Armitage William Edmond Armitage (September 6, 1830 – December 7, 1873) was a bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States. Born in New York City, Armitage graduated from Columbia College in 1849 and the General Theological Seminary in 1852. He ...

(1870-1873) # Edward Randolph Welles (1874-1888) #

Cyrus Frederick Knight Cyrus Frederick Knight (March 28, 1831 – June 8, 1891) was the fourth Bishop of Milwaukee from 1889 till 1891. Early life and education Cyrus Frederic Smith was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts on March 28, 1831, the son of Cyrus Smith and L ...

(1889-1891) #

Isaac Lea Nicholson Isaac Lea Nicholson (January 18, 1844 – October 29, 1906) was an American Episcopal prelate. He was the fifth Bishop of Milwaukee, serving from 1891 until his death. Early life and education Nicholson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on Janu ...

(1891-1906) #

William Walter Webb William Walter Webb (November 20, 1857 – January 15, 1933), was the sixth Bishop of Milwaukee, from 1906 till 1933. Early life and education Webb was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, on November 20, 1857, the son of William Hewitt Webb and E ...

(1906-1933) #

Benjamin Franklin Price Ivins Benjamin Franklin Price Ivins (October 6, 1884 – December 2, 1962) was the seventh Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee. Early life and education Price was born in South Bend, Indiana on October 6, 1884, the son of Elbert Thomas Ivins ...

(1933-1952) #

Donald Hathaway Valentine Hallock Donald Hathaway Valentine Hallock (April 13, 1908 – November 7, 1996) was the eighth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee. Early life and education He was born in Menominee, Michigan on April 13, 1908, the son of the Reverend Frank H ...

(1953-1973) #

Charles Thomas Gaskell Charles Thomas Gaskell (October 23, 1920 - September 14, 2000) was the ninth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee. Early life and education Gaskell was born on October 23, 1920, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the son of Chester Welles Gaskell a ...

(1974-1985) # Roger J. White (1985-2003) #

Steven Andrew Miller Steven Andrew Miller (born September 30, 1957) was the eleventh bishop of Milwaukee. Biography Miller was born in Detroit, Michigan, on September 30, 1957. He studied at Michigan State University, graduating in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts, and t ...

(2003-2020)

, bishop provisional (2021-present)

Education

Nashotah House Nashotah House is an Anglicanism, Anglican seminary in Nashotah, Wisconsin. The seminary opened in 1842 and received its official charter in 1847. The institution is independent and generally regarded as one of the more theologically Conservatism, ...

, in

Nashotah Nashotah is a village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,395 at the 2010 census. The village took its name from the nearby Nashotah Lakes. Education Nashotah House, a seminary of The Episcopal Church, is in Nashot ...

, which is a

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for the Episcopal Church, and

St. John's Northwestern Military Academy St. John's Northwestern Military Academy (SJNMA) was founded in 1884 as St. John's Military Academy (SJMA) in Delafield, Wisconsin, by the Rev. Sidney T. Smythe as a private, college preparatory school. In 1995, Northwestern Military and Naval Ac ...

Delafield, Wisconsin Delafield is a city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, along the Bark River. The population was 7,085 at the 2010 census. The city of Delafield is a separate municipality from the Town of Delafield, both of which are situated in township 7 North ...

, a private Episcopal military academy, are also located in the Diocese of Milwaukee.

Cadle Mission The Cadle Mission, an Episcopal boarding school that operated in Allouez, Wisconsin, between 1827 and 1839, was named for its charter superintendent, the Rev. Richard Fish Cadle, a New Yorker who came to Green Bay via Detroit. Its boarders wer ...

and

Racine College Racine College was an Episcopal preparatory school and college in Racine, Wisconsin, that operated between 1852 and 1933. Located south of the city along Lake Michigan, the campus has been maintained and is today known as the DeKoven Center ...

were also located in the diocese.

Parishes in the diocese

St. James Episcopal Church, Milwaukee St. James' Episcopal Church is a Gothic Revival-styled Episcopal church built in 1867 - once a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee. In 1979 the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Today it is probably the o ...

is listed on the

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. * St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Kenosha is listed on the

. *

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Milwaukee St. Paul's Episcopal Church is a Richardsonian Romanesque-styled church built in 1882 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee. Noted for its Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany windows, it is listed on the National Register of Hi ...

is listed on the

Notes

External links

The Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee
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Journal of the Annual Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Wisconsin
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Journal of the Annual Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Milwaukee
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