Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas

Diocese of Western Kansas
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Province VII
Statistics
Congregations	29
Members	1,498
Information
Rite	Episcopal
Cathedral	Christ Episcopal Cathedral, Salina
Current leadership
Bishop	Michael Pierce Milliken
Map
Location of the Diocese of Western Kansas
Website
http://www.diowks.org/

The Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas, created in 1971, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over western Kansas. It was formerly the Missionary District of Salina until 1960 and then the Missionary District of Western Kansas until 1971.^[1] It is in Province 7. Its cathedral, Christ Episcopal Cathedral, is in Salina. The diocesan offices are located in Hutchinson, Kansas.^[2]

Current bishop

Bishop Michael Milliken was consecrated as the fifth diocesan bishop of Western Kansas on February 19, 2011.

List of bishops of Western Kansas

The bishops of Western Kansas have been:^[2]

Missionary

Sheldon M. Griswold (1903–1917)
John C. Sage (1918–1919)
Robert H. Mize (1921–1938)
Shirley M. Nichols (1943–1955)
Arnold M. Lewis (1956–1964)
William Davidson, last missionary bishop (1966–1971), first diocesan bishop (1971–1980)

Diocesan

William Davidson, last missionary bishop (1966–1971), first diocesan bishop (1971–1980)
John F. Ashby (1981–1995)
Vernon E. Strickland (1995–2002)
James M. Adams (2002–2010), resigned in January, 2010
Michael Pierce Milliken (2011-)

References

↑ "Western Kansas, Diocese of". Episcopal Church. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
1 2 Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 406-407

External links

Provinces and dioceses of the Episcopal Church

Province I	Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont Western Massachusetts

Province II	Albany Central New York Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe Haiti Long Island New Jersey New York Newark Rochester The Virgin Islands Western New York

Province III	Bethlehem Central Pennsylvania Delaware Easton Maryland Northwestern Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Southern Virginia Southwestern Virginia Virginia Washington West Virginia

Province IV	Alabama Atlanta Central Florida Central Gulf Coast East Carolina East Tennessee Florida Georgia Kentucky Lexington Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Southeast Florida Southwest Florida Tennessee Upper South Carolina West Tennessee Western North Carolina

Province V	Chicago Eastern Michigan Eau Claire Fond du Lac Indianapolis Michigan Milwaukee Missouri Northern Indiana Northern Michigan Ohio Southern Ohio Springfield Western Michigan

Province VI	Colorado Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Wyoming

Province VII	Arkansas Dallas Fort Worth Kansas Northwest Texas Oklahoma Rio Grande Texas West Missouri West Texas Western Kansas Western Louisiana

Province VIII	Alaska Arizona California Eastern Oregon El Camino Real Hawaii Idaho Los Angeles Micronesia Navajoland Area Mission Nevada Northern California Olympia Oregon San Diego San Joaquin Spokane Taiwan Utah

Province IX	Colombia Dominican Republic Central Ecuador Litoral Ecuador Honduras Puerto Rico Venezuela

Other Dioceses	Armed Services and Federal Ministries

Former jurisdictions	Central America Duluth Eastern Diocese Mexico Philippines Quincy South Florida Western Colorado Western Nebraska

Coordinates: 38°50′21″N 97°36′43″W / 38.83917°N 97.61194°W / 38.83917; -97.61194

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