James Orin Mote (January 27, 1922 – April 29, 2006) was a founding member of the

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. An alumnus of Canterbury College (

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) and

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, he was consecrated in the

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. He was elected as the first bishop of the Diocese of the Holy Trinity in 1977, and consecrated on 28 January 1978 by Bishops

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, Francisco Paktaghan, and

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, at Augustana Lutheran Church in

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, Colorado. He served as Bishop of the Diocese until 1994, when he resigned and retired to live initially in Florida, but later in Indiana. He died on April 29, 2006, in

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New York Times obituary
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