The Episcopal Diocese of Western New York, is the

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of the

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with jurisdiction over the counties of Cattaraugus,

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, Niagara, Orleans and

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in western

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. It is in Province 2 and its

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, is in Buffalo. The diocesan offices are in

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Current bishop

Sean W. Rowe is bishop provisional of Western New York. The diocesan convention elected him to this role on October 26, 2018, when it and the convention of the

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voted to share a bishop and a staff for five years while they explore a partnership. R. William "Bill" Franklin was the eleventh bishop of Western New York. The Diocese elected him its eleventh Bishop at its 2010 convention. He was consecrated on April 30, 2011, at the university at Buffalo and retired on April 3, 2019. Franklin was born in Mississippi and had previously served in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Previously, J. Michael Garrison was the tenth bishop of Western New York. He has a bachelor's and a master's of religious education from

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and an honorary doctorate from

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. He was received from the

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on April 1, 1975, and ordained a deacon on April 12, 1975. He was ordained a priest on August 25, 1975, and consecrated a bishop on April 24, 1999.

List of bishops

The bishops of Western New York have been:Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 414 # William H. Delancey, (1839–1865)
* Arthur C. Coxe,

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(1865) # Arthur C. Coxe, (1865–1895) # William D. Walker, (1897–1917) # Charles H. Brent, (1919–1929)
* David L. Ferris, suffragan bishop (1920
*David L. Ferris,

(1924) # David L. Ferris, (1929–1931)
*Cameron Josiah Davis,

(1930) # Cameron Josiah Davis, (1931–1948) # Lauriston L. Scaife, (1948–1970)
*Harold B. Robinson,

(1968) # Harold B. Robinson, (1970–1987)
* David C. Bowman,

(1986) # David C. Bowman, (1987–1998) # J. Michael Garrison, (1999–2011) # R. William Franklin, (2011–2019) * '' Sean W. Rowe, as Provisional Bishop'' (2019–present)

References

External links

Episcopal Diocese of Western New York website

Episcopal Diocese of Western New York Records
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Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Western New York
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Episcopal Church in New York (state) Province 2 of the Episcopal Church (United States) Religious organizations established in 1839

Current bishop

List of bishops

See also

References

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