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List of bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America

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List of bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America
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This list consists of the bishops in The Episcopal Church, an independent province of the Anglican Communion. This shows the historical succession of the episcopate within this church.

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The consecration of a bishop in The Episcopal Church by the laying on of hands of bishops

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The number references the sequence of consecration. Two capital letters before their number identify bishops consecrated for missionary work outside of the United States. "Diocese" refers to the diocese for which the individual was ordained. Note, this does not mean it was the only diocese that bishop presided over. For example, the Diocese of Delaware was under the supervision of the Diocese of Pennsylvania under William White. "PB" refers to whether the bishop became a Presiding Bishop in TEC and, if so, which number in the sequence.

Under consecrators, one finds numbers or letters referencing previous bishops on the list. If a series of letters is under "Consecrators", then the consecrators were bishops or archbishops from outside of the ECUSA:

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The Roman numeral before the diocese name represents where in the sequence that bishop falls; e.g., the fourth bishop of Pennsylvania is written "IV Pennsylvania". Where a diocese is in bold type it indicates that the bishop is a current bishop of that diocese.

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Notes

  1. Stanton retired on May 31, 2014.[38]

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  1. Bass also oversaw churches in New Hampshire and Maine.
  2. Eastern Diocese included Vermont and Maine.
  3. Alexander Viets Griswold (12 & PB5), Sheldon Munson Griswold (213) and Frank T. Griswold (794 & PB25) are cousins through their ancestor Edward Griswold (1607–1690).
  4. Philander Chase (18 & PB6) was the principal consecrator of his fourth cousin Carlton Chase (42).
  5. Henry U. Onderdonk (21) was a co-consecrator of his younger brother Benjamin T. Onderdonk (24). They were the first brothers to be Episcopal bishops. Calvin Schofield Jr. (728) is descended from the Onderdonk family.
  6. George Washington Doane (29) was the father of William Croswell Doane (92).
  7. Stephen Elliott (37) was the father of Robert W. B. Elliott (106).
  8. William Jones Boone, first Bishop of Shanghai (45) was the father of William Jones Boone, fourth Bishop of Shanghai (135).
  9. Alonzo Potter (48) and Horatio Potter (62) were brothers; Alonzo was the father of Henry C. Potter (131).
  10. William Mercer Green, first Bishop of Mississippi (51) was the grandfather of William Mercer Green, fourth Bishop of Mississippi (299).
  11. First bishops were sent to the Missionary District of Cape Palmas and Parts Adjacent. The name of the jurisdiction was changed to the Missionary District of Liberia on October 17, 1913, and to the Episcopal Diocese of Liberia on January 1, 1970. On March 18, 1982, the diocese joined the Church of the Province of West Africa.[22]
  12. Numbering according to diocesan website.[23] Other sources, including Episcopal Church Annual, list Wainwright as provisional only, with successors numbered one less than this list.
  13. Later to become dioceses of Oregon, Eastern Oregon, Spokane, Olympia, Idaho and western Montana.[24]
  14. Richard Hooker Wilmer (72) was a co-consecrator of his first cousin Joseph Pere Bell Wilmer (80).
  15. Frederic Dan Huntington (93) and Daniel Trumbull Huntington (259) are cousins through their ancestor Simon Huntingdon (d. 1663).
  16. Diocese of Pennsylvania was divided in 1871, with the western portion named Diocese of Central Pennsylvania and Reading made the see city. The see was moved to Bethlehem in 1890. In 1904, the diocese was divided, with the eastern part keeping the name Central Pennsylvania and the western half taking the name Diocese of Harrisburg. The eastern diocese changed its name to Bethlehem in 1909, and Harrisburg changed its name to Central Pennsylvania beginning in 1972. Therefore, the original and current dioceses of Central Pennsylvania are not in fact the same jurisdiction.[25]
  17. Benjamin Henry Paddock (102) and John A. Paddock (127) were brothers; John was the father of Robert L. Paddock (235).
  18. The name of the Wisconsin diocese was changed to Milwaukee on June 16, 1886 – during the elder Edward R. Welles' tenure.[26]
  19. John Scarborough (111) was the principal consecrator for his son-in-law Edward J. Knight (236).
  20. Charles Clifton Penick (117) was the granduncle of Edwin A. Penick (322).
  21. The name of Northern New Jersey diocese changed to Newark on May 19, 1886 – during Starkey's tenure.[27]
  22. Missionary District of Western Texas became the Diocese of West Texas in 1904.[28]
  23. Thomas Frederick Davies, Bishop of Michigan (152) was the father of Thomas Frederick Davies, Bishop of Western Massachusetts (254).
  24. William Ford Nichols (154) was the father of John W. Nichols (387).
  25. George Herbert Kinsolving (162) was a brother of Lucien Lee Kinsolving (MB1), who was the father of Arthur B. Kinsolving II (456), who was a co-consecrator for his second cousin, Charles J. Kinsolving III (525) (their mutual great-grandfather was George Washington Kinsolving).
  26. Episcopal Diocese of South Florida (originally constituted as Southern Florida) was divided in 1969 into the dioceses of Central Florida, Southeast Florida, and Southwest Florida. South Florida's bishops are listed as predecessor bishops to all three.
  27. William Crane Gray (164) was the father of Campbell Gray (342), who was himself the father of Francis Campbell Gray (815).
  28. Ellison Capers (169) was the son of Methodist bishop William Capers and the father of William T. Capers (270).
  29. William Lawrence (171) was the father and primary consecrator of William Appleton Lawrence (398), who was a co-consecrator of his own brother Frederic C. Lawrence (547).
  30. Chauncey B. Brewster (183) was a co-consecrator for his brother Benjamin Brewster (242).
  31. The name of the Boise missionary district changed to Idaho in 1907 – during Starkey's tenure.[29]
  32. The name of Indiana diocese changed to Indianapolis on September 1, 1902 – during Francis' tenure.[30]
  33. William Loyall Gravatt (194) was a co-consecrator for his nephew John J. Gravatt (417).
  34. Cameron Mann (201) was the primary consecrator for his brother Alexander Mann (329).
  35. Missionary District of the Philippine Islands in the United States of America was divided into three dioceses in 1972: Central, Northern and Southern. Northern Luzon was constituted in 1986 and North Central Philippines in 1989. In 1990, they formed the autonomous Episcopal Church in the Philippines.[31]
  36. Puerto Rico became a missionary district in 1901. In 1979, General Convention granted the diocese independence, making it extraprovincial to the Episcopal Church. It was admitted as a diocese in 2003.[32]
  37. Beverley D. Tucker (233) was the father of Henry St. George Tucker (258 & PB19) and Beverley Dandridge Tucker (409). Henry was the primary consecrator for his brother.
  38. Herman Page, fourth Bishop of Northern Michigan (279) was the father of Herman Page, fifth Bishop of Northern Michigan (436). The son was chosen to follow his father as Bishop of Northern Michigan.[33]
  39. Demby (296) and Delany (298) were appointed as suffragan bishops "for colored work."
  40. Robert H. Mize (314) was the father of Bob Mize, Bishop of Damaraland. Bob was received into the Episcopal Church in 1970.
  41. Bishop of Haiti and in charge of the Dominican Republic, 1928-1934; Mission District of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, 1934; diocesan bishop, Dominican Republic, 1934-1940; mission district, 1940; bishop in charge, 1940-1943
  42. Walter Mitchell (350) was the primary consecrator for his brother Richard Bland Mitchell (412).
  43. Frank W. Creighton (351) was the father of William Creighton (564), who was himself the father of Michael W. Creighton (910).
  44. The name of Marquette diocese changed to Northern Michigan on June 2, 1937 – during Ablewhite's tenure.[34]
  45. Robert Burton Gooden (370) was a co-consecrator for his son Reginald H. Gooden (454).
  46. Henry Knox Sherrill (372 & PB20) was the principal consecrator of his son Edmund Sherrill (560).
  47. Before c.1940, Hunter Brown's (377) full name was Wyatt Hunter Brown (Sr.); his given name was Wyatt Brown (Sr.).
  48. Oliver Leland Loring (427) and Richard T. Loring (471) were brothers.
  49. Duncan M. Gray (437) was the father of Duncan M. Gray Jr. (698), who was himself the father (and a co-consecrator) of Duncan M. Gray III (956).
  50. J. Thomas Heistand (438) was a co-consecrator of his son Joseph T. Heistand (714).
  51. Central America separated from Panama and the Canal Zone in 1956.
  52. Henry I. Louttit, Bishop of South Florida and of Central Florida (455) was the father of Henry I. Louttit (Jr.), Bishop of Georgia (901).
  53. Gerald F. Burrill (500) was a consecrator for his son William G. Burrill (784).
  54. (Charles) Gresham Marmion Jr. (527) and William H. "Bill" Marmion (528) were brothers consecrated about one month apart.
  55. Charles E. Bennison, Bishop of Western Michigan (567) was the father of Charles E. Bennison, Bishop of Pennsylvania (927).
  56. Edward G. Longid (591) was a co-consecrator for his kinsman (probably son) and successor Robert Longid (777).
  57. Charles B. Persell Jr. (592) was the father of William D. Persell (945).
  58. José Ramos (641) preached at the consecration of his brother Wilfrido Ramos-Orench (960).
  59. Harold Jones was the first Native American bishop in the Episcopal Church.[35]
  60. The name of Erie diocese was changed to Northwestern Pennsylvania on November 14, 1981 – during Davis' tenure.[36]
  61. Mallory was consecrated Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Botswana on January 1, 1972 in the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Christ the King in Gaborone by Paul Burrough, Bishop of Mashonaland and Dean of the Province of Central Africa, assisted by the Bishops of Matabeleland, Zululand, Bloemfontein and others. He resigned from Botswana in 1978 and from 1979 was Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Long Island. He was accepted into full membership of the House of Bishops on his appointment to El Camino Real in 1980.[37]
  62. "A" numbers are bishops consecrated outside the American episcopate, then transferred in as assistant bishop under Title III, Canon 12, Section 5 (Constitution and Canons, 2006)
  63. James E. Folts (889), VIII Bishop of Western Texas, is the father and co-consecrator of Jonathan Folts (1123), XI Bishop of South Dakota.
  64. Soto was consecrated and installed as 2nd Bishop of Venezuela on July 11, 1987 in St. Mary's Cathedral, Caracas. James H. Ottley, Bishop of Panama and President of Province IX, presided at the ceremony. The co-consecrators were Orland U. Lindsay, primate of the West Indies; Olavo V. Luiz, primate of Brazil; and Haydn Jones, retired bishop of Venezuela.
  65. The Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago, founded in 1872, had jurisdiction over Venezuela until 1967, when a constitution for a new Diocese of Venezuela in the Province of the West Indies was agreed. Pending the appointment of the first Diocesan Bishop, episcopal oversight rested with Guy Marshall (Suffragan Bishop, Trinidad and Tobago) who served from 1967 to 1974. The first independent Bishop of Venezuela was Haydn Jones 1976-1986). The Diocese was for many years extra provincial to The Episcopal Church until its admission to Province IX at the 2006 General Convention.
  66. From the 19th century onwards, visiting bishops from the USA provided episcopal oversight to the American congregations in Europe. From late in the 19th century, recently retired "Bishops-in-charge" were appointed for two or three years, living in Europe for several months at a time. In 1993 that pattern changed, and a full-time, non-retired resident Bishop in Charge of the Convocation was appointed, Jeffery Rowthorn. And then, in 2001, the Convocation elected its own bishop, Pierre Whalon.
  67. Guerrero was consecrated on August 12, 1995 by Cornelius Wilson, Bishop of Costa Rica; Julio Cesar Holguin-Khoury, Bishop of República Dominicana (870); and Bernardo Merino Botero, Bishop of Colombia (730); which three were assisted by Onell Soto, Bishop of Venezuela (906a); Rawle E. Douglin, Bishop of Trinidad and Tobago, Clarence Wallace Hayes Dewar, Bishop of Panamá and Haydn H. Jones, retired Bishop of Venezuela
  68. William O. Gafkjen, Bishop of the India-Kentucky Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, was also a co-consecrator.
  69. Allan Bjornberg, Bishop of the Rocky Mountain Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, was also a co-consecrator.
  70. Thomas Skrenes, Bishop of the Northern Great Lakes Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America was also a co-consecrator.
  71. Ecumenical co-consecrators of Budde were Richard H. Graham, Bishop of the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Doug Kleintop, Bishop of the Northern Province of the American Provinces of the Moravian Church.
  72. Ecumenical co-consecrator of Dietsche was Robert A. Rimbo, Bishop of the Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  73. Ecumenical co-consecrator of Goff was James Mauney, Bishop of the Virginia Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  74. Ecumenical co-consecrator of McConnell was Kurt F. Kusserow, Bishop of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  75. Ecumenical co-consecrator of Hahn was William O. Gafkjen, Bishop of the Indiana-Kentucky Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  76. Ecumenical co-consecrator of Hougland was Kreiss, Bishop of the Southeast Michigan Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  77. Ecumenical co-consecrator of Cook was Wolfgang Herz-Lane, District Executive Minister of the Delaware-Maryland Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  78. Cook was deposed in May 2015 by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori following a hit and run accident that claimed the life of a bicyclist.
  79. Ecumenical co-consecrator of Gates was Wilma S. Kucharek, Bishop of the Slovak Zion Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  80. Ecumenical co-consecrator of Gates was Kevin Kanouse, Bishop of the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  81. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Patrick Bell was David Brauer-Rieke, Bishop of Oregon Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  82. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Douglas Sparks was William Gafkjen, Bishop of Indiana-Kentucky Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  83. Ecumenical co-consecrator of Duncan Probe was John Stanley Macholz, Bishop of the Upstate New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  84. Ecumenical co-consecrator of Wright was Richard Graham, Bishop of the Metropolitan Washington DC Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  85. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows was William Gafkjen, Bishop of Indiana-Kentucky Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  86. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of John Taylor was R. Guy Erwin, Bishop of Southwest California Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  87. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Samuel Rodman was Timothy Smith, Bishop of the North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  88. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Jennifer Brooke-Davidson was The Rev Ray Tiemann, Bishop of the Southwestern Texas Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  89. Ecumenical Co-consecrators for Kevin D. Nichols were Samuel R. Zeiser, Bishop of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and M. Blair Couch, Bishop of the Northern Province of the Moravian Church in America
  90. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Carlye J Hughes was M. Blair Couch, Bishop of the Northern Province of the Moravian Church in America
  91. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Michael Buerkel Hunn was the Rev. James W. Gonia, Bishop of the Rocky Mountain Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  92. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Jennifer Anne Reddall was the Rev. Deborah Hutterer, Bishop of the Grand Canyon Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  93. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Kimberly Lucas was the Rt Rev Jim Gonia, Bishop of the Rocky Mountain Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  94. Ecumenical Co-consecrators for Susan Brown Snook were Dr. Andy Taylor, Bishop of the Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Dr. Kay Ward, Bishop of the Northern Province of the Moravian Church in America
  95. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Thomas Brown was The Rev James Hazelwood, Bishop of the New England Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  96. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Megan Traquair was the Rev Mark W. Holmerud, Bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  97. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Martha Stebbins was the Rev Laurie Jungling, Bishop of the Montana Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  98. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Lucinda Ashby was the Rev Mark Holmerud, Bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  99. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Bonnie Perry was the Rev. Donald Kreiss, Bishop of the Southeast Michigan Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  100. To prevent the spread of COVID-19 attendance at the consecration was very limited, thus there were no ecumenical co-consecrators.
  101. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Poulson Reed was the Rev. Michael K. Girlinghouse, Bishop of the Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  102. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Diana D. Akiyama was the Rev Laurie Larson Caesar, Bishop of the Oregon Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  103. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Paul-Gordon Chandler was the Rev Jim Gonia, Bishop, Rocky Mountain Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  104. Paul-Gordon Chandler was deposed by presiding-bishop designate Mary Graves-Reeves under a Title IV accord in March 2024.
  105. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Ruth Woodliff-Stanley was The Right Reverend G. Thomas Shelton, Bishop, The Moravian Church in America, Southern Province
  106. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Ketlen Solak was Bishop Kurt Kusserow of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  107. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Betsey Monnot was Bishop Amy Current of the Southeastern Iowa Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  108. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Matthew Davis Cowden was Bishop Matthew L. Riegel of the Western Maryland Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  109. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Brian Kendall Burgess was the S. John Roth, Bishop of the Central/Southern Illinois Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  110. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Jos Tharakan was Bishop Laurie Jungling of the Montana Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  111. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Paula E. Clark was Bishop Yeheil Curry of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  112. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Phylis Spiegel was Bishop Jim Gonia of the Rocky Mountain Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  113. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Douglas F. Scharf was Bishop Robert G. Schaefer (resigned) of the Florida-Bahamas Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  114. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Jeffry W. Mello was Bishop James Hazelwood, of the New England Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  115. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Shannon R. Duckworth was Bishop Michael Rinehart, of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  116. Ecumenical Co-consecrators of E. Mark Stevenson were Lane Sapp, Bishop of the Southern Province of the Worldwide Moravian Unity and Robert F. Humphrey, Bishop of the Virginia Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  117. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Anne B. Jolly was Laura H. Barbins, Bishop of the Northeast Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  118. Ecumenical Co-consecrators for Matthew Heyd were Paul T. Egensteiner, Bishop of the Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and M. Blair Couch, Bishop of the Northern Province of the Moravian Church in America.
  119. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Justin S. Holcomb was Bishop Matthew L. Riegel of the Western Maryland Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  120. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Sally French was Bishop M. Blair Couch of the Morovian Church in North America and Bishop Patricia Ann Curtis Davenport of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  121. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of David Read was Bishop Susan J. Briner, Bishop of the Southwestern Texas Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  122. Ecumenical Co-consecrators of Carrie Schofield-Broadbent were Bishop William J. Gohl, Jr., Bishop of the Delaware-Maryland Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Bishop M. Blair Couch, Bishop of the Northern Province, Moravian Church in America
  123. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Ann Ritonia was Bishop William J. Gohl, Jr., Bishop of the Delaware-Maryland Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  124. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of John Harmon was Bishop Becca Middeke-Conlin of the Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  125. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Kristin White was Bishop Suzanne Darcy Dillahunt of the Southern Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  126. Ecumenical Co-consecrators of Jeremiah Williamson was Bishop Lee M. Miller II of the Upstate New York Synod of the Southern Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Bishop Blair Couch of the Northern Province of the Moravian Church in America
  127. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Austin Rios was Bishop Jeff R. Johnson of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  128. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Kara Wagner Sherer was Bishop Lee Miller II of the Upstate New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  129. Ecumenical Co-consecrators of Phil LaBelle were Bishop Richard Jaech of the Southwestern Washington Synod and Bishop Shelly Bryan Wee of the Northwest Washington Synod, both of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  130. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Julia Whitworth was Bishop Nathan D. Pipho of the New England Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  131. Ecumenical Co-consecrator of Amy Dafler Meaux was Bishop Susan Candea of the Central States Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
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