Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming
Diocese of Wyoming | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Wyoming |
Ecclesiastical province | Province VI |
Statistics | |
Congregations | 45 |
Members | 6,136 (2019) |
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Denomination | Episcopal Church |
Established | January 30, 1968 |
Cathedral | St Matthew's Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Paul-Gordon Chandler |
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Website | |
www.diowy.org |
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The Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the state of Wyoming, except for one congregation in western Wyoming which is included in the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho. It was established in 1887 and is in Province VI. Its cathedral, St Matthew's Episcopal Cathedral[1] is in Laramie while the diocesan offices are in Casper.[2][3]
Paul-Gordon Chandler is the 10th Bishop of Wyoming. His consecration was held on February 13, 2021 in Laramie, Wyoming. He succeeded John Sheridan Smylie.[4]
Missionary Bishops[]
The Missionary District of Idaho and Wyoming was created by the General Convention of October 1886. The first missionary bishop, whom the Diocese of Wyoming counts as its first diocesan bishop, was Ethelbert Talbot, a pioneering bishop who went on to become Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania (subsequently the Diocese of Bethlehem) and Presiding Bishop from 1924-1926.
From 1898-1909 the Episcopal Church in Wyoming was overseen by bishops with other responsibilities. Following Talbot's resignation in 1898, the General Convention, meeting in October that year, added Wyoming to the district overseen by Anson Rogers Graves, who had been elected First Missionary Bishop of Nebraska in 1889.[5] Graves oversaw the diocese concurrently with his work in Nebraska until October 1907. Thereafter James B. Funsten, first Bishop of the Missionary District of Boise in Idaho since 1899, and first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho from 1907-1918[6] had oversight of the Diocese until the consecration and installation of Nathaniel Thomas in October 1909. Thomas is counted as the second diocesan.
Bishops of Wyoming[]
Honorific & Name | Dates | |
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1st | Ethelbert P.E. Talbot | 1887–1898 |
2nd | Nathaniel S. Thomas | 1909–1927 |
3rd | Elmer N. Schmuck | 1929–1936 |
4th | Winfred Hamlin Ziegler | 1936–1949 |
5th | James Wilson Hunter | 1949–1969 |
6th | David Thornberry | 1969–1977 |
7th | Bob Gordon Jones | 1977–1996 |
8th | Bruce Edward Caldwell | 1997–2010 |
9th | John Sheridan Smylie | 2010–2021 |
10th | Paul-Gordon Chandler | 2021- |
See also[]
- Succession of Bishops of The Episcopal Church (U.S.)
References[]
- ^ "St. Matthew's Episcopal Cathedral website". Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- ^ "Diocese of Wyoming contact page". Archived from the original on 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- ^ "Episcopal Church online directory". Archived from the original on 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- ^ "From the Middle East to the Wild West". Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ See Graves' autobiography The Farmer Boy Who Became A Bishop, New Werner Company, Akron, Ohio, 1911
- ^ Chronology of James Bowen Funsten D.D.
See also the various editions of the Episcopal Church Annual, Morehouse Publishing, Harrisburg, PA (current edition, 2009) and The Red Book interactive directory of dioceses, parishes and clergy within the Episcopal Church.
External links[]
- Episcopal Church online directory
- Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming website
- St. Matthew's Episcopal Cathedral website
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Wyoming records at the University of Wyoming - American Heritage Center
- Journal of the Annual Convocation
Coordinates: 41°18′44″N 105°35′34″W / 41.31222°N 105.59278°W
- Dioceses of the Episcopal Church (United States)
- Episcopal Church in Wyoming
- Religious organizations established in 1887
- Anglican dioceses established in the 19th century
- 1887 establishments in Wyoming Territory
- Province 6 of the Episcopal Church (United States)