with the author's husband, Ernest Clay
By Louie Crew
Emeritus Professor, Rutgers University
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Parts of the report focus on the data for only the 100 domestic dioceses of the Episcopal Church. Other tallies include bishops outside the domestic 100. Readers need to be sensitive to the difference.
Note: This report is current as of the time of publication, August, 2008. I will not attempt to update email links at this location. Click here for for my most current email addresses for bishops. You may also want to look at my past profiles of the House of Bishops, in 2003, 2000 and 1997.
See also my extensive individual files on all living bishops.
Since this document directly parallels my Profile of the House of Deputies, some readers may prefer to launch a separate browser simultaneously, to load both documents at the same time and switch back and forth for easier comparison.
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| The Presiding Bishop with the author's husband, Ernest Clay |
Eleven of our dioceses are outside the domestic United States: Central Ecuador, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Europe, Haiti, Honduras, Litoral Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Venezuela, and the Virgin Islands. Ten of these have diocesan bishops, but the Presiding Bishop exercises jurisdiction in the Convocation of American Churches in Europe, overseen locally by a Bishop-in-Charge who does not have jurisdiction.
The Presiding Bishop's residence is in the Episcopal Church Center at 815 Second Avenue in New York City, one block from the United Nations, at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and 43rd Street, on the Eastside of mid-Manhattan. Yet she spends more than half of her time away from that address, visiting in all parts of TEC and beyond. She presides at the consecration of almost every new bishop.
Once elected, the Presiding Bishop no longer serves as a diocesan bishop, nor is the Presiding Bishop an Archbishop.
The Presiding Bishop oversees the staff of the Church Center and its various satellite locations, but the Presiding Bishop does not make policy or determine the positions of The Episcopal Church: only General Convention and Executive Council can do that. For example, The Presiding Bishop represents TEC as our 'primate' at meetings of the 38 provinces of the Anglican Communion, but our Presiding Bishop lacks the authority most other primates bring to their gatherings. Notably, she cannot make decisions on the spot for the Episcopal Church. She must bring any requests home to be made by General Convention or Executive Council.
General Convention usually meets only every three years. Executive Council usually meets three times a year; it is sometimes called "General Convention in Recess." The Presiding Bishop (sometimes called "the PB") presides at the House of Bishops during General Convention and presides when the bishops meet non-legislatively, usually twice a year. The House of Deputies has its own President, who presides over the House of Deputies at General Convention and throughout the triennium. The PB presides at Executive Council, where the President of the House of Deputies serves as the vice-president.
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, the 26th Presiding Bishop, was elected to a 9-year term at General Convention in 2006 and began her service as PB on November 1, 2006. Her successor will be nominated before the 2015 General Convention and will be elected at that convention, to begin serving on November, 2015.
Other categories of bishops include, in descending order of rank:
Suffragans are elected with tenure for life without the right to automatic succession. As suffragans they are always assistants. They may stand for election, if nominated, to be diocesan or coadjutor in any diocese.
This category is growing more popular. An assistant bishop has no tenure and serves solely at the behest of the diocesan, normally with a contract that must be renewed each year. Some assistants are retired diocesans; frequently those prefer the designation "Assisting Bishop" to "Assistant Bishop."
A Presiding Bishop must retire upon reaching 70. All other bishops
must retire by 72. Bishops may retire earlier at their own
choosing. 54% of TEC's 299 living Bishops are retired:
At the 1997 General Convention the House of Bishops voted to remove the vote from their retired colleagues, but the proposal failed in the House of Deputies. Thus, currently retired bishops retain a vote equal to that of active bishops, with a few canonical exceptions: most notably: retired bishops cannot vote in the vote to consent to the election of a bishop; only bishops "with jurisdiction" can. Only one bishop has jurisdiction in each diocese, usually the Ordinary or Diocesan Bishop.
Bishops who have retired since General Convention 2006.
In this more amorphous category, rank depends on the assignment. Special assignments vary. Currently I am including TEC's Chief Ecumenical Officer, the Director of the Office of Pastoral Development, two bishops who serve parochially, and one who serves as Interim Diocesan Bishop
Bishops are accountable to the General Convention, a bicameral legislature which meets triennially (and may have special meetings, such as the last special one at South Bend in 1969). The House of Deputies is one chamber, the House of Bishops the other. Legislation must pass with exactly the same wording in both Houses to be official policy of the Episcopal Church.
During the interim, the Presiding Bishop and Executive Council provide oversight. There are 100 domestic dioceses of the Episcopal Church. Each dioceses has much choice in terms of its liturgical and theological preferences, including choice of candidates for ordination, although persons are guaranteed access to the process without regard to gender, race, or sexual orientation.
General Convention governs the church through Constitution and Canons, and it advises the church through resolutions. The House of Bishops meets twice a year, even in years when General Convention does not meet, but it cannot pass legislation without the concurrence of the older House of Deputies. The 1977 House of Bishops' conscience clause, for example, was passed to allow bishops who disagreed with the 1976 canon permitting the ordination of women not to recognize such ordinations in their own Sees. The conscience clause was not a legal document because it never received the concurrence of the House of Deputies. The 1997 General Convention revised the canons to require that women's ministries be enabled in every diocese.
The House of Bishops often issues pastorals, sometimes at its own initiative, sometimes at the request of General Convention. These documents have no force of law in TEC, but serve as strong advice. For major strength, they need to be passed, not just received, by both houses of General Convention. For example, see the House of Bishops' Teaching on Human Sexuality, written to be a pastoral but reduced through parliamentary action at the 1994 convention to the lesser status of a "teaching." The House of Bishops cannot legally function as a Roman Catholic magisterium.
When we leave GC in Anaheim, 32.2% of the active bishops and 38.7% of all ordinaries will have been consecrated or elected after consents to +Gene Robinson at General Convention in 2003.
Elections are currently pending and expected to occur before General Convention 2009 in
Of these, Long Island and Minnesota will elect coadjutors; the others will elect ordinaries. Dates have not been announced for all of these elections. Consents may be sought during the convention for those that occur during the 120 days before it starts. I expect to list here before GC starts the names of those for whom consents will be sought.
Oregon, currently vacant, expects to elect at its diocesan convention in November 2009, after General Convention; thus the consents will be requested of Standing Committees
Thirty-four bishops (22.4% of all active bishops) will have been consecrated or elected since General Convention in 2006. In 2006, 10% had been consecrated or elected in the previous triennium. In 2003, 19% had been consecrated or elected in the previous triennium. In 2000, 20% had been consecrated or elected during the previous triennium.
Even so, this allows for more continuity and corporate memory in the House of Bishops than in the House of Deputies, where 41.3% will be new in 2009. 45% were new in 2006, 42.3% new in 2003, 43.9% new in 2000, and 39% new in 1997.
No one shall be ordained and consecrated Bishop...without the consent of a majority of the Standing Committees of all the Dioceses, and the consent of a majority of the Bishops of this Church exercising jurisdiction. But if the election shall have taken place within one hundred twenty days before the meeting of General Convention, the consent of the House of Deputies shall be required in place of that of a majority of the Standing Committees.
(Article II.2, page 3 of the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church, 2006).
Plus these, who were deposed
| Laura Ahrens Bishop Suffragan of Connecticut.  |
Jane Dixon Retired Bishop Suffragan of Washington.  |
Carol Gallagher Resigned Bishop Suffragan of Southern Virginia.  |
| Mary Gray-Reeves Bishop of El Camino Real.  |
Barbara Harris Retired Bishop Suffragan of Massachusetts and Assisting Bishop of Washington.  |
Gayle Elizabeth Harris Bishop Suffragan of Massachusetts.  |
| Dena Harrison Bishop Suffragan of Texas.  |
Carolyn Irish Bishop of Utah.  |
Katharine Jefferts Schori Presiding Bishop.  |
| Chilton Knudsen Bishop of Maine.  |
Mary Adelia McLeod Retired Bishop of Vermont.  |
Bavi 'Nedi' Rivera Bishop Suffragan of Olympia.  |
| Catherine S. Roskam Bishop Suffragan of New York.  |
Catherine 'Cate' Waynick Bishop of Indianapolis.  |
Geralyn Wolf Bishop of Rhode Island.  |
Bishop Harrison received consents to her election at GC 2006. Bishop Ahrens and Bishop Gray-Reeves were elected and consecrated during the current triennium.
The Rt. Rev. Barbara Harris was the first woman ordained bishop in the Episcopal Church, consecrated in 1989 as the Bishop Suffragan of Massachusetts--20 years after the first females were seated in the House of Deputies, 70 years after women's suffrage was ratified in the United States Constitution.
Click here to see a map of the provinces.
For additional parallel information on the House of deputies, click on Gender.
As I reported at GC 2003: two bishops have identified themselves as gay:
 Otis Charles Retired Bishop of Utah. |
 V. Gene Robinson Bishop of New Hampshire. |
General Convention 2006, under extraordinary pressure from the Archbishop of Canterbury's emissaries and with the strong urging of Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold and Presiding Bishop-Elect Katharine Jefferts Schori, passed Resolution B033-2006 which called "upon Standing Committees and bishops with jurisdiction to exercise restraint by not consenting to the consecration of any candidate to the episcopate whose manner of life presents a challenge to the wider church and will lead to further strains on communion."
During the triennium, nominating committees have nominated 'out' lesbians and gays in the Dioceses of Newark, California, and Chicago. None of those candidates have been elected.
Deputies in many dioceses are drafting legislation that would appeal or nullify B033 At the Lambeth Conference in July 2008, the Archbishop of Canterbury issued strong warnings to TEC and the Anglican Church of Canada not to elect or consent to lgbt bishops.
On August 5, 2008, the average date of birth for active bishops , was August 11, 1949, for an average age of 59. The average age of active bishops in 2003 was 59.7, in 2000 was 58.5, and 59.5 in 1997.
Of the 299 living bishops eligible to vote at General Convention 2009:
The oldest bishops*:
| 98.1 | Robert M Hatch, Retired Bishop of Western Massachusetts |
| 95.4 | Richard B. Martin, Retired Bishop Suffragan of Long Island |
| 93.9 | Richard Millard, Retired Bishop Suffragan of Europe and Assisting Bishop of California rmillard3@juno.com |
| 93.9 | John Coburn, Retired Bishop of Massachusetts |
| 91.0 | Morgan Porteus, Retired Bishop of Connecticut |
| 90.3 | John Burt, Retired Bishop of Ohio |
| 89.8 | G. Paul Reeves, Retired Bishop of Georgia gpaulreeves@bellsouth.net |
Bishops who will be under 50 at General Convention in 2008*
| 49.0 | James Mathes, Bishop of San Diego jmathes@edsd.org |
| 48.9 | John C. Bauerschmidt, Bishop of Tennessee jcbbishop@episcopaldiocese-tn.org |
| 47.1 | S. Todd Ousley, Bishop of Eastern Michigan |
| 46.3 | Prince Singh, Bishop of Rochester Rnpsingh@aol.com |
| 46.1 | Mary Gray-Reeves, Bishop of El Camino Real |
| 46.0 | Laura Ahrens, Bishop Suffragan of Connecticut |
| 45.3 | Johncy Itty, Bishop of Oregon |
| 45.1 | Gregory Harold Rickel, Bishop of Olympia GRickel@ecww.org |
| 42.3 | Andrew Doyle, Bishop-Coadjutor-Elect of Texas adoyle@epicenter.org |
| 33.5 | Sean Walter Rowe, Bishop of Northwestern Pennsylvania seanrowe@dionwpa.org |
The average active bishop was born on August 11, 1949. Geoffrey Fisher was the Archbishop of Canterbury; Henry Knox Sherrill was the Presiding Bishop. Harry Truman was president and in the first year of his full term. Seventeen days later, on August 11, the six final remaining veterans of the Civil War met in Indianapolis, and on the next day, the Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb. A month after birth, the People's Republic of China was created (October 1, 1949) and on October 7th, the Democratic Republic of Germany was officially established.
The average bishop today finished high school in 1967, 10 years after the Russians had launched Sputnik and four years after John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and three years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Michael Ramsey was the Archbishop of Canterbury; John Hines was the Presiding Bishop. The average bishop today went to college during the period of the most unrest on campuses in American history, in opposition to the War in Vietnam.
The average bishop today was not ordained until March 27, 1980, almost six years after the Philadelphia Eleven and four years after Paul Moore, Jr., had ordained the first out lesbian priest, Ellen Marie Barrett. Ronald Runcie was the new Archbishop of Canterbury; John Allin was the Presiding Bishop. Jimmy Carter was President, and Ronald Reagan was in the wings.
The average bishop today was consecrated on May 5, 1999 at an average age of 49.7 and after an average of 19.2 years as a priest. Bill Clinton had been in the White House for six years, George Carey had been at Lambeth Palace for 8 years, and Frank Griswold had been in the penthouse at the Church Center for a year.
We are seeing a shift a bit like that in the early church where once it was mere speculation whether the uncut might remain uncut. Within one generation the uncut were in the vast majority of those hearing, heeding, and spreading the much better news about more important signs of genuine holiness. In a few decades one wondered how on earth a small piece of the male's private part could have ever received the status it once had, and no one would have asked to peek.
My friend theologian Norman Pittenger often told me, "Louie, so long as there is death, there is hope." At 71.5 (8/5/2008) I find that more sobering than humorous.
See
Click here to see a map of the provinces.
Of the 152 active bishops
(5%) of the 100 ordinaries, ordinaries-elect, or bishops-in-charge in the 100 domestic dioceses were born outside the United States. The other 95 are distributed unequally based on their provinces of birth and the provinces in which they now serve. Clearly the 'Westward Movement' is in action among those elected to the Episcopate:
Eight of the domestic dioseses (8%) are currently vacant. Seven are expected to complete elections before GC 2009: Alaska, Eastern Oregon, Eau Claire, Northern Michigan, Rio Grande, San Joaquin, and Southern Virginia. It is not yet clear whether Navajoland will elect an ordinary or continue to be served by an "Assistant Bishop," current Bishop Mark MacDonald, Missioner for Native Ministries in the Anglican Church of Canada.Five (4.9%) of the 102 TEC bishops currently exercising jurisdiction were born outside of TEC (one each in Anguila, Canada, Cuba, England, and India. The other 97 are distributed unequally based on their provinces of birth and the provinces of their episcopacy. Clearly the 'Westward Movement' is in action among those elected to the Episcopate:
For parallel information on the House of deputies, click on Birthplace & Mobility.
At least 10.5% of the active bishops in TEC have been divorced 87.5% of those have remarried.
Two of those divorced while serving as an active bishop, the others before being elected.
There is likely under-reporting of divorce in The Clerical Directory. Details of marital status are typically supplied by the one listed, even if indirectly through the diocese. Given the stigma some attach to divorce, especially to divorced clergy, some clergy do not volunteer information about marriages already ended before they were ordained and sent data to The Clerical Directory. I have respected their vulnerability by not listing divorced bishops by name.
According to White & Dykman, 2nd ed. General Convention in 1946 amended I.18 to provide for application by persons whose marriage had ended in divorce (or who wished to marry someone whose marriage had ended in divorce) "to the Bishop or Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese...for a judgment as to his or her marital status in the eyes of the Church, or for permission to be married by a Minister of this Church..." 2:418.
The Episcopal Church did not allow clergy to remarry until the 1960's.
At the 75th General Convention in 2006, much time was devoted to whether to grant consents to a bishop-elect then in his third marriage.
To date, The Rt. Rev. Otis Charles, retired Bishop of Utah and The Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson, Bishop of New Hampshire, are the only TEC bishops who have openly affirmed that they are gay. Both live in civil unions and life-long commitment to gay male spouses.
Active bishops now married, were married at age 29 and have been married an average of 31 years.
| # of Children | # Bishops | Total Children |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 16.8% | 0 |
| 1 | 14.0% | 20 |
| 2 | 37.8% | 108 |
| 3 | 23.1% | 99 |
| 4 | 6.3% | 36 |
| 5 | 1.4% | 10 |
| 6 | 0.7% | 6 |
| Total # of children | 281 | |
| Avg per bishop | 2.0 | |
6.6% of the active bishops of TEC are single:
92 institutions have granted 225 advanced degrees to the 152 active bishops. In 2003 85 institutions had granted 238 advanced degrees to 152 active bishops. See the Seminary Alumni Lists for the bishops' names
Those with one TEC bishop alumnus/a:
Baylor, Bexley Hall, Candler, Catholic University, Claremont, Claremont , College of Saint John the Evangelist, Concordia, Cornell , CRDS, CUNY , Dickinson College, Diocese of Guatemala Theological Training Program, Duquesne, EBTS , Emory , ETD, ETSBH, Florida, Geneva Theological DRel, GTU , Hartford Seminary, Hillsdale, Hobard & William Smith, Lancaster Theological College, Lutheran Southern, Lutheran TS, Marshall, Michigan, Mukono Theol, Notre Dame, NYTS, Oregon, Pontiff College, Princeton, Princeton Theo. Sem, SATS-Mex, Seminaria Alianza Guayaquil, Seminary Episc. Church in Haiti, South Dakota, St. Jo Coll Nottingham, St. John's Prov. Theological College, St. Thomas Catholic Colorado, State University of New York-Plattsburgh Plattsburgh NY, Tai Theo. Coll., TESM, Texas A&M , Toronto and STM, Trenton State, U. Arkansas Little Rock, U. of Oklahoma Norman, U. of Victoria, U. Penn, U. SC, U. Texas, UIowa, Un Ts Cuba, United TS , Univesidad Autonoma, USouthCar, Uss, UVA, VTD , Wake Forest Law School, West Indies, Western Theological Seminary, Windsor, and Wycliff Seventeen of the 152 active bishops (11.2%) received graduate or undergraduate degrees from the Ivy League. That is a signifcant increase from the 7.4% in 2003. It is also twice the portion of the House of Deputies (5.6%) with Ivy League degrees. The Ivy League includes (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, Yale). See all bishops who graduated from Ivy League Schools, including those for undergraduate degrees.
Honor Societies: Phi BetaKappa & Phi Kappa Phi
Twenty-eight (9.5%) of the 296 living bishops graduated Phi Beta Kappa or Phi Kappa Phi, up 2.6% from 2003:
This 9.1% is 3.5 times the rate of membership of the House of Deputies in these two honor socieites.
4.6% of the active bishops have law degrees:
F Duque-Gomez
D Edwards
D Henderson
S Howard
C Robertson
S Sauls
W Wantland
4.4% of clergy lay deputies in 2009 have law degrees; 12.8% of all the lay deputies do.
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L Ahrens R Anderson L Benfield E Bennison J Chane |
J Curry M Curry H Donovan P Duncan J Howe K Jefferts Schori |
R O'Neill P Singh K Smith O Walker A Williams, Jr. |
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F Borsch J Brown J Coburn JC Grew F Griswold R Hatch A Hathaway H Hopkins |
G Hunt RC Johnson W Jones E Lee E MacBurney D Reed GP Reeves |
H Rockwell J Smith P Smith W Spofford A Vogel H Williams S Wood |
For parallel information on the House of deputies, click on Special Constituencies.
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L Ahrens M Beckwith F Borsch J Coburn C Coleridge R Hatch |
W Jones C Longest E MacBurney J Ottley M Porteus W Righter |
J Rowthorn J Said C Schofield K Smith F Turner A Walmsley |
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R Cederholm R Estill |
D Hultstrand J MacNaughton |
D Theuner W Wiedrich |
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B Beisner F Borsch T Breidenthal S O Chang C Choi G Harris |
M Hollingsworth K Jefferts Schori E Konieczny J Lamb R Millard C Payne |
B Rivera W Spofford J Stanton C Talton B Thom |
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L Allen G Charlton M Dyer AT Eastman S-E Harrison |
BG Jones L Maze J Ottley T Ousley D Reed |
G Rickel H Rockwell R Rowley A Vogel |
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E Bennison A Vogel |
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C Epting R Fitzpatrick W Gibbs S Hampton D Johnson |
S Johnston C Knudsen E Konieczny J Krotz E Little |
R Michel D Smith M Smith C Vache |
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M Lawrence |
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E Bennison J Coburn R Martin |
G Packard J Rowthorn |
W Sanders A Wissemann |
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J Chane |
J Curry |
RC Johnson |
| K Ackerman, Bishop of Quincy | U Pgh. Penn. Marymount BS 71. Nash MDiv 74, DD 94. |
| G Adams, Bishop of Central New York | BS Towson University 1976; MDiv Virginia Theological Seminary 1980 |
| J Adams, Bishop of Western Kansas | UTEP BS 71. GTS MDiv 79. |
| L Ahrens, Bishop Suffragan of Connecticut | Hartford Seminary Hartford CT, DMin 2000; Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, MDiv 1991; Princeton University Princeton NJ, AB 1984. |
| N Alexander, Bishop of Atlanta | Moravian BA 76. U SC MM 79. Luth Sthrn TS MDiv 80. GTS: Fell 82-84, 87-89; ThD 93. |
| F Allan, Retired Bishop of Atlanta | Emory U BA 56, DMin 77. U So MDiv 59, STM 70. Fell CP DD 88. |
| L Allen, Bishop of Honduras | Triunfo de la Cruz BA 77. Universidad Autonoma. U So/ETSSw MAR. |
| F Allison, Retired Bishop of South Carolina | U So BA 49, DD 78. VTS MDiv 52, DD 81. Oxf PhD 56. ETSKy DD 81. |
| D Alvarez-Velazquez , Bishop of Puerto Rico | Inter-American U. in San German, Puerto Rico; Episcopal Seminary of the Caribbean, MDiv |
| C Anderson, Retired Bishop of South Dakota | Valparaiso U BA 63, DHL 93. U So MDiv 75, DD 87. Van MA 81, PhD 86. |
| R Anderson, Assisting Bishop of Los Angeles and Retired Bishop of Minnesota | Colg BA 55. Berk Danforth Fllshp 59-60, STB (cl) 61. Fell CP 70. Ya DD 77. SWTS DD 78. |
| M Andrus, Bishop of California | U TN BS 79. VA Tech MURPL 84. VTS MDiv 87. |
| R Atkinson, Former Bishop of West Virginia and Retired Assistant Bishop of Virginia | U VA BA 50. VTS BD 53, DD 73. Fell CP 62. |
| H Bainbridge, Retired Bishop of Idaho | U So BA 61, MDiv 67, DMin 82. |
| D Ball, Retired Bishop of Albany | Colg BA 50. GTS STB 53, DD 84. |
| D Bane, Retired Bishop of Southern Virginia | Bethany BA 64. WV U MBA 70. VTS MDiv 85. |
| A Bartlett, Retired Bishop of Pennsylvania | U So BA 51, DD 88. VTS MDiv 58, DMin 80, DD 86. ETSKy DD 84. Phi Beta Kappa & Phi Kappa Phi |
| J Bauerschmidt, Bishop of Tennessee | Oxford University Oxford UK, DPhil Theology 1996; General Theological Seminary, MDiv 1984; Kenyon College Gambier OH, BA 1981. |
| N Baxter, Bishop of Central Pennsylvania | Lancaster Theological Seminary, Lancaster, PA, DMin 1984; Harrisburg Community College, Harrisburg, PA, 1972; Lancaster Theological Seminary, Lancaster, PA, MDiv 1976; Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, 1985; Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, STD 19 |
| M Beckwith, Bishop of Newark | BA Amherst College 1973; MDiv Berkeley Divinity School at Yale 1978 |
| P Beckwith, Bishop of Springfield | Hillsdale AB 61, DTh 88. U So MDiv 64. Nash STM 74, LHD 92. |
| B Beisner, Bishop of Northern California | University of California Irvine CA, 1971; University of California Berkeley CA, BA History 1973; Church Divinity School of the Pacific, MDiv 1978; General Theological Seminary, STM Spirituality 1994 Phi Beta Kappa & Phi Kappa Phi |
| M Belshaw, Retired Bishop of New Jersey | U So BA 51, DD 94. GTS STB 54, Fell & Tutor 57-59, STM 59, DD 75. Fell CP 68. |
| L Benfield, Bishop of Arkansas | Virginia Theological Seminary, MDiv 1990; University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA, MBA Finance 1979; University of Tennessee Knoxville TN, BS Agricultural Economics 1977. |
| M Benitez, Retired Bishop of Texas | USMA BS 49. U So BD 58, DD 73. |
| E Bennison, Bishop of Pennsylvania | Lawr AB (scl) 65. SWTS 65-66. Harv BD 68, ThM 70. Claremont MA 77. Fell CP 79. Masland Fell UTS 91-92, STM 92. EDS DD 97. |
| W Black, Retired Bishop of Southern Ohio | Greenville AB 41. U IL MA 53. U Chi BD 55, Danforth Fell 59-60. Ken DD 80. OH U DHL 92. Hebr Un Coll DHL 93. |
| F Borsch, Retired Bishop of Los Angeles | Pr AB 57. Oxf AB 59, MA 63. GTS STB (cl) 60, DD 88. Birmingham U Engl PhD 66. SWTS DD 78. CDSP STD 81. Berk STD 85. Phi Beta Kappa & Phi Kappa Phi |
| D Bowman, Retired Bishop of Western New York and Assistant Bishop of Ohio | OH U AB 55. VTS BD 60. |
| T Breidenthal, Bishop of Southern Ohio | Oxford University Oxford UK, DPhil Theology 1991; Church Divinity School of the Pacific, MDiv Theology 1981; University of Victoria, MA English 1977; Portland State University Portland OR, BA English 1974. |
| F Brookhart, Bishop of Montana | Wittenberg University, 70. Van DS 70-71. Luth TS MDiv 74. Untd TS DMin 84. |
| J Brown, Retired Bishop of Louisiana | LSU BS 54. Austin Presb TS BD 57. GTS 64-65. Goettingen U-Germany 59-60. Fell Pr 60-63. U So DD 76. Inst for Okumenische Forschung Tubingen U-Germany 84. |
| E Browning, Retired Presiding Bishop. | U So BA 52, BD 54, DD 70. Japanese Lang Sch 63-65. |
| J Bruno, Bishop of Los Angeles | CA St BA 73. VTS MDiv 77. |
| J Buchanan, Retired Bishop of West Missouri and Interim Bishop of Southern Virginia | BA University of South Carolina 1958; JD University of South Carolina 1960; MDiv GTS 1969; DMin McCormick Theological Seminary 1975 |
| J Burnett, Bishop of Nebraska | SMU MTh 74, DMin 85. |
| W Burrill, Retired Bishop of Rochester and Assisting Bishop of Arizona | U So BA 55. GTS STB 59, DD 85. |
| J Burt, Retired Bishop of Ohio | Amh BA (cl) 40, DD 60. VTS BD (cl) 43, DD 67. Youngstown U DD 58. Ken DD 67. |
| B Caldwell, Bishop of Wyoming | U So FL BA 73. GTS MDiv 78. |
| F Carr, Retired Bishop Suffragan of of West Virginia and Retired Assisting Bishop of Upper South Carolina | E TN St U BS 61. VTS MDiv 70, DD 85. |
| S Carranza-Gomez, Resigned Bishop of Mexico and Assistant Bishop of Los Angeles | National University of Mexico, 1958/64/Lic.Lit. VTS MDiv 67, VTS DD 90 |
| R Cederholm, Bishop Suffragan of Massachusetts | U MN 62-65. Bos AB 66. Bex MDiv 71. |
| F Cerveny, Retired Bishop of Florida | Trin BA 55, DD 77, STD. GTS MDiv 58, DD 76. U So DD 76. ETSKy STD 79, DD. |
| E Chalfant, Retired Bishop of Maine | West BA 60. VTS MDiv 63, DD 85. |
| J Chane, Bishop of Washington | Ya MDiv 72. |
| S O Chang, Retired Bishop of Hawaii | Trin AB (cl) 63. CDSP 66. U HI 69-70. LAND 77. |
| O Charles, Retired Bishop of Utah | Trin BA 48. GTS STB 59, DD 83. EDS DD 93. |
| S Charleston, Former Bishop of Alaska, Assistant Bishop of California | Trin BA 71, DD 92. EDS MDiv 76. |
| G Charlton, Retired Bishop Suffragan of Texas | U TX BA 44. VTS BD 49, DD 74. U So DD 88. ETSSw DHL 90. |
| J Chien, Retired Bishop of Taiwan | Tunghai U-Tai BA 63. Tainan TS BD 67. VTS STM 74. Selly Oaks 85. |
| C Choi, Retired Collegial Bishop | S Mich-Korea AB 54. S Fran-Australia THL 64. Rikkyo U-Japan MA 72. Concordia Sem 73-74. CDSP 83-84. |
| J Coburn, Retired Bishop of Massachusetts | Pr BA 36, DD 60. UTS BD (cl) 42. Amh DD 55. Berk DST 58. Harv DD 64. Hur DD 64. Hob DST 65. Ken DCL 68. GTS DST 68. ETS DST 69. Mid DD 70. Buc DD 71. U Kent Cbury DCL 78. Trin DD 80. Ham DST 82. Wms DD 82. |
| R Cochrane, Retired Bishop of Olympia | CUNY-Bklyn BA 48. GTS STB 51, DD 76. |
| J Coleman, Retired Bishop of West Tennessee | U TN BS 53. U So MDiv 56. Wake Forest U DMin 75. |
| C Coleridge, Retired Bishop of Connecticut | How BA 54. Drew U MDiv 60. GTS 60-61. Amer Fndt Rel & Psych 63-66. U CT MSW 73. ANTS DMin 77. Trin DD 84. Berk STD 84. GTS DD 84. |
| GE Councell, Bishop of New Jersey | EDS MDiv 75, Fell 84. Phi Beta Kappa & Phi Kappa Phi |
| M Creighton, Retired Bishop of Central Pennsylvania | Trin BA 62. ETS BD 68. |
| J Croneberger, Assistant Bishop of Bethlehem and Retired Bishop of Newark | Leh BA 60. VTS MDiv 63. |
| J Curry, Bishop Suffragan of Connecticut | Amh BA 70. U MA MEd 79. Ya DS MDiv 85. |
| M Curry, Bishop of North Carolina | Hob BA 75. Ya MDiv 78. |
| C Daniel, Bishop of East Carolina | U NC-Chapl Hill AB 69. VTS MDiv 72. S Geo-J 77. CP 80. GTU-Berk 84. |
| A Daniels, Retired Bishop of Virgin Islands | RP Coll AA, AAS 71. ETSC MDiv 75. FSU BS 76. U OK. USC. Phi Kappa Phi |
| A Dickson, Retired Bishop of West Tennessee | U MS BBA 49. U So MDiv 58, DD 85. MS Coll MEd 71. |
| J Dixon, Retired Bishop Suffragan of Washington | Van BA 59, MAT 62. VTS MDiv 81, DD 83. |
| H Donovan, Retired Bishop of Arkansas and Assisting Bishop of New York | U VA BA 54. VTS MDiv 57, DD 81. Fell CP 76. U So DD 85. Fell Harv DS 87. |
| J Doss, Retired Bishop of New Jersey | LSU BA 65, JD 68. GTS STB 71, DD 82. |
| C-E Doyle, Bishop-Coadjutor-Elect of Texas | University of North Texas, Denton, TX, BFA 1990; Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA, MDiv 1995. |
| P Duncan, Bishop of Central Gulf Coast | Baldwin-Wallace BA 67. GTS STB 70, 80-81. CP 78. |
| W Duncan, Bishop of Pittsburgh | Trin AB (cl) 70. U Edinburgh. GTS MDiv 73. Phi Beta Kappa. |
| F Duque-Gomez, Bishop of Colombia | Universidad Libre de Colombia JD. ETSC Cert. Unv Javeriana. |
| Z Duracin, Bishop of Haiti | Lycee a Petion baccalaureate 1st & 2nd part, Sem Epis Ch Hai Dplma 77. |
| C Duvall, Retired Bishop of Central Gulf Coast | Cit AB 57. VTS MDiv 60, DD 82. U So DD 86. |
| M Dyer, Retired Bishop of Bethlehem | S Anns Coll NH BA 59. U Ottawa STL 65. S Paul U MTh 65. Muhlenberg DD. ETSSw DD. |
| AT Eastman, Retired Bishop of Maryland | Hav BA 50. VTS MDiv 53, DD 83. Fell CP 72. ETSSw LHD 82. S Mary Sem & U DD 94. |
| D Edwards, Bishop of Nevada | General Theological Seminary, STM 1992; General Theological Seminary, MDiv 1990; University Texas TX, JD 1975; University Texas TX, BA 1972 |
| E Elder, Retired Collegial Bishop | Codrington Coll. Coll Ascen Birmingham. |
| T Ely, Bishop of Vermont | W CT St BA 75. U So MDiv 80. |
| C Epting, Bishop for Ecumenical Relations | U FL BA. SWTS MDiv. GTS STM, DD. |
| R Estill, Retired Bishop of North Carolina | U KY BA 49. ETS BD 52. U So STM 60, DD 84. Fell Bex 60. Fell VTS 73, DD 80. Van/U So DMin 79. S Aug Coll DHL 92. |
| R Fitzpatrick, Bishop of Hawaii | Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, DMin Preaching 1999; General Theological Seminary, MDiv 1986; DePauw University Greencastle IN, BA Liberal Arts 1981. |
| J Folts, Retired Bishop of West Texas | Trin U BA 62. VTS MDiv 65. |
| W Folwell, Retired Bishop of Central Florida | GA Inst Tech BCE 47. SWTS LTh 52, BD 53. U So DD 70. SWTS DD 70. |
| L Frade, Bishop of Southeast Florida | Asbury Coll. Biscayne BA 78. Candler BL 58. U So MDiv 77. GTS DD 82. |
| W Frey, Retired Bishop of Colorado | U CO BA 52. PDS ThB 55, DD 70. |
| C Gallagher, Resigned Bishop Suffragan of Southern Virginia | Antioch BA 76. EDS MDiv 89. PrTS. |
| M Garrison, Bishop of Western New York | Pontiff Coll Josephinum BA 67, MRE 70. |
| R Gepert, Bishop of Western Michigan | Point Pk Coll BS 74. VTS MDiv 85. |
| W Gibbs, Bishop of Michigan | Towson St U BA 77. SWTS MDiv 87. |
| G Gloster, Retired Bishop Suffragan of North Carolina | Wabash BA. VTS MDiv. DMin. |
| D Gray, Bishop of Mississippi | U MS BA 71. VTS MDiv 75. |
| D Gray, Retired Bishop of Mississippi | Tul BEE 48. U So BD 53, DD 72. |
| F Gray, Retired Bishop of Northern Indiana and Retired Assistant Bishop of Virginia | Rol BA 66. Nash BD 69, STM 79, DD 87. |
| M Gray-Reeves, Bishop of El Camino Real | College Saint John Evang, BTh 1994; College Saint John Evang, MDiv 1994; California State University-Fullerton Fullerton CA, BA 1987; Miami-Dade Community College Miami FL, AA 1982. |
| W Gregg, Resigned Bishop of Eastern Oregon and Assistant Bishop of North Carolina | U Rich BA 73. EDS MDiv 77. Boston MA 80. Notre Dame MA 90, PhD 94. |
| R Grein, Retired Bishop of New York | Carl BA 55. Nash MDiv 59, STM 71, DD 82. Fell CP 70. GTS DD 89. |
| JC Grew, Retired Bishop of Ohio | Harv BA 62. EDS MDiv 78. |
| F Griswold, Retired Presiding Bishop. Episcopal Church Center | Harv AB 59. GTS 59-60, DD 85. Oxf BA 62, MA 66. SWTS DD 85. |
| O Guerrero, Bishop of Venezuela | n/a |
| E Gulick, Bishop of Kentucky | Lynchburg BA 70. VTS MDiv 73. Shalem Inst WDC. |
| E Gumbs, Bishop of Virgin Islands | U MD 78-80. Coll VI BA 84. VTS MDiv 87. |
| S Hampton, Assisting Bishop of Oregon, Resigned Bishop Suffragan of Minnesota and Retired Assisting Bishop of Olympia | NWU BS 56. SWTS MDiv 66, DD 90. |
| B Harris, Retired Bishop Suffragan of Massachusetts and Assisting Bishop of Washington | Villanova U 77, 79. Hob & Wm Smith Coll STD 81. GTS DD 89. EDS DD 89. Amh DD 89. Trin DD 90. |
| G Harris, Bishop Suffragan of Massachusetts | 78 BA Lewis & Clark. 81 CDSP MDiv |
| R Harris, Retired Bishop of Southwest Florida | U So BA 52, BD 57, STM 69, DD 86. VTS DMin 77, DD 86. |
| S-E Harrison, Bishop Suffragan of Texas | BBA University of Texas 1967; MDiv Episcopal Theological Seminary of The Southwest 1987 |
| D Hart, Retired Bishop of Hawaii | Wms BA 59. ETS BD 62. |
| R Hatch, Retired Bishop of Western Massachusetts | Harv BA 33. Col MA 35. ETS BD 39. Berk STD 51. Trin DD 51. Norwich U LittD 63. |
| A Hathaway, Retired Bishop of Pittsburgh | Cor BS 55. ETS BD 62. |
| R Haynsworth, Retired Bishop of Nicaragua and Retired Assistant Bishop of South Carolina | Cit BA 46, DH 75. U So MDiv 49, DD 69. Spanish Lang Sch CR 61-62. U Iberoamerica Mex 67. |
| J Heistand, Retired Bishop of Arizona | Trin BA 48, DD 78. VTS BD 52, DD 77. |
| D Henderson, Bishop of Upper South Carolina | Stetson U BA 61. U FL Coll JD 67. VTS MDiv 77. U So DD 96. VTS DD 96. U So DD 96. VTS DD 96. |
| B Herlong, Retired Bishop of Tennessee | U FL BAE 56. U So MDiv 59, STM 70, DD 93. NYTS DMin 81. |
| B Hibbs, Retired Bishop Suffragan of West Texas | Trin BA 54. GTS STB 57. U Tor MA 59. Phi Beta Kappa & Phi Kappa Phi |
| R High, Bishop Suffragan of Texas | ETS MDiv 66. |
| J Holguin-Khoury, Bishop of Dominican Republic | U Autonomoe 69-73. SATS-Mex LTh 76. |
| M Hollingsworth, Bishop of Ohio | 76 BA Trinity Hartford; 81 CDSP MDiv |
| R Hollis, Retired Collegial Bishop | Montreal Dioc Theol Coll 54-56. McGill U BD 56. Camb MA 58. U So DD. |
| H Hopkins, Retired Bishop of North Dakota | U PA BA 52. GTS MDiv 55, DD 80. |
| S Howard, Bishop of Florida | Wake Forest U JD 76. VTS MDiv (cl) 89. |
| B Howe, Bishop of West Missouri | Ge AB 64. PDS MDiv 67. U So DMin 89. |
| J Howe, Bishop of Central Florida | U CT BA 64. Ya MDiv 67, DD 89. U So DD 90. Nash DD 91. |
| G Hughes, Retired Bishop of San Diego | Exeter Engl. Oxf. Sea. |
| S Hulsey, Retired Bishop of Northwest Texas | W&L BA 53. VTS MDiv 58, DD 81. U So DD 85. |
| D Hultstrand, Retired Bishop of Springfield | Macalester BA (scl) 50. Bex BD (scl) 53, MDiv 72. Nash DD 86. |
| G Hunt, Retired Bishop of Rhode Island | U So BA 53. VTS BD 56, DD 81. Ya DD 80. Br DD 91. |
| R Ihloff, Retired Bishop of Maryland | Urs BA 64. ETS MDiv 67. Cntrl CT St MA 71. Fell CP 75. Boston Gestalt Inst 77-78. EDS DMin 86, DD 96. Camb Sabbatical 92. |
| J Iker, Bishop of Fort Worth | U Cinc BA 71. GTS MDiv 74. |
| T Irish, Bishop of Utah | U MI BA 62. Oxf MLitt 68. VTS MDiv 83. |
| T Isaac, Retired Bishop of the Dominican Republic | Epis TS Haiti 58. U Antonoma de Santo Domingo 66-70. ETSC MDiv 71. |
| J Itty, Resigned Bishop of Oregon | 85 CUNY; 94 NYTS MDiv; 94 CUNY PhD Phi Beta Kappa & Phi Kappa Phi |
| R Jacobus, Bishop of Fond du Lac | U WI BA 67. Nash MDiv 70. |
| K Jefferts Schori, Presiding BishopThe Convocation of American Churches in Europe | Stan BS 74. OR St U MS 77, PhD 83. CDSP MDiv 94. |
| J Jelinek, Bishop of Minnesota | L'Universite Laval Cert 63. Carthage BA 64. Van 64-67. GTS STB 70, DD 94. |
| C Jenkins, Bishop of Louisiana | LA Tech U BA 73. Nash MDiv 76, DD 92. |
| D Johnson, Bishop of West Tennessee | Van BA 72. SWTS MDiv 76. GTU DMin 90. |
| RC Johnson, Retired Bishop of North Carolina | Merc AB 60. Ya MDiv 64. NC St U MA 73. Phi Kappa Phi. |
| RH Johnson, Retired Bishop of Western North Carolina | U FL BSBA 56. VTS BD 63, DD 90. U So DD 90. |
| S Johnston, Bishop Coadjutor of Virginia | Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, MDiv 1988; University of the South Sewanee TN, BA Philosophy 1981. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa |
| BG Jones, Retired Bishop of Wyoming | U MS BBA 56. ETSSw MDiv 59, DD 78. |
| D Jones, Bishop Suffragan of Virginia | WV U AB 65. VTS MDiv 68, DMin 91. CP 74, 80. |
| W Jones, Retired Bishop of Missouri | Rhodes BA 48, DD 86. Ya BD 51. U So DD 75. Berk/Ya DD 75. |
| D Joslin, Retired Bishop of Central New York & Assisting Bishop of Rhode Island | Drew U BA 58, MDiv 61. ETS 65. |
| C Keyser, Retired Bishop Suffragan of Armed Forces | U So BA 51, MDiv 54, DD 93. |
| R Kimsey, Retired Bishop of Eastern Oregon | U OR BS 57. ETS BD 60. Coll ID DD. |
| M Klusmeyer, Bishop of West Virginia | IL Coll AB 77. GTS MDiv 80. |
| C Knudsen, Bishop of Maine | Chatham BA 68. SWTS MDiv 80. |
| E Konieczny, Bishop of Oklahoma | Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, DMin Congregational Development 2001; Church Divinity School of the Pacific, MDiv Seminary 1994; California State University - Fullerton; Fullerton; CA, BA Criminal Justice 1987; Long Beach City College; Long Beach; CA, AA Administration of Justice 1976. |
| J Krotz, Retired Bishop of Nebraska | BA. Sea MDiv. |
| R Ladehoff, Retired Bishop of Oregon | Duke U BA 54. GTS STB 57. VTS DMin 80. |
| D Lai, Bishop of Taiwan | Tai Theol Coll MDiv. Soeast Asia TS Mstr of Theol 93 |
| J Lamb, Provisional Bishop of San Joaquin and Retired Bishop of Northern California | S Thos Sem CO BA 64, MA 66. U OR MA Cnslng 73. CDSP DD 92. |
| P Lambert, Bishop Suffragan of Dallas | BA San Francisco State University 1972; MDiv Nashotah House 1975 |
| S Lane, Bishop-Coadjutor of Maine | BA University of Rochester 1971; MDiv Colgate-Rochester Divinity School 1978 |
| M Lawrence, Bishop of South Carolina | Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, MDiv 1980; California State CA, BA 1976. |
| E Lee, Retired Bishop of Western Michigan | Br AB 56. GTS STB 59, DD 90. |
| J Lee, Bishop of Chicago | Nashotah House, MDiv 1985; University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI, BA 1979 |
| P Lee, Bishop of Virginia | W&L AB 60. Duke Law Sch 63-64. VTS BD 67, DD 84. U So DD 93. Phi Beta Kappa & Phi Kappa Phi |
| M Leidel, Retired Bishop of Eastern Michigan | U WI BS 61. Nash MDiv 64. U So DMin 90. |
| D Leighton, Retired Bishop of Maryland | NWU BS 47. VTS 55, DD 69. |
| AH Light, Retired Bishop of Southwestern Virginia | Hampden-Sydney BA 51, DD 87. VTS BD 54, DD 79. S Paul DD 79. |
| G Lillibridge, Bishop of West Texas | Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, BS 1978; Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA, MDiv 1982. |
| E Little, Bishop of Northern Indiana | USC AB 68. SWTS MDiv 71. |
| C Longest, Retired Bishop Suffragan of Maryland | U MD BA 56. Berk STB 59, DD 89. |
| H Louttit, Bishop of Georgia | U So AB, DD 96. VTS BD 63, DD 93. Phi Beta Kappa & Phi Kappa Phi |
| W Love, Bishop of Albany | Southwest Texas State University San Marcos TX, BA 1980; State University of New York-Plattsburgh Plattsburgh NY, MS 1988; Nashotah House, MDiv 1991. |
| E MacBurney, Retired Bishop of Quincy | Dart BA 49. Berk STB 52. Oxf 52-53. S Ambr U DHum 87. Nash DD 88. |
| M MacDonald, Assisting Bishop of Navajoland, National Indigenous Bishop for the Anglican Church of Canada, and Resigned Bishop of Navajoland | Scholastica Tor BA 75. Wyc MDiv 78. |
| J MacNaughton, Retired Bishop of West Texas | U MN BA 51. Bex MDiv 54. U So DD 85. |
| D MacPherson, Bishop of Western Louisiana | Cypress Coll. Episcopal Theological School at Claremont (Bloy House), CA Dplma 79 |
| S Mallory, Retired Bishop of El Camino Real | UCLA BA 58. GTS MDiv 61, STD 73, DD. Rhodes U MA 71, DD. |
| A Marble, Assisting Bishop in the Diocese of North Carolina and Retired Bishop of Mississippi | U MS BA 58. U Edinburgh Scotland 64-65. U So BD 67. |
| V Marshall, Bishop of Bethlehem | Concordia-IN AB 69. Concordia-MO MDiv 73. GTS Fell/Lectr 77-82, ThD 82. |
| R Martin, Retired Bishop Suffragan of Long Island | Allen U AB 37, DD 55. Bp Payne TS BD 42. U So DD 67, LHD 75. VTS DD 68. UTS LHD 75. Voorhees LHD 75. S Paul LLD 79. |
| J Mathes, Bishop of San Diego | University of the South, Sewanee, TN, BA magna cum laude Mathematics 1982; Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA, MDiv 1991. Phi Beta Kappa & Phi Kappa Phi |
| FC Matthews, Resigned Bishop Suffragan of Virginia and Director of the Office of Pastoral Development | Hampden Sydney BA. VTS MDiv, DD. |
| L Maze, Retired Bishop of Arkansas | No MT Coll BS. MT St MS. ETSSw MDiv. |
| G McAllister, Retired Bishop of Oklahoma | VTS 51, DD 77. |
| E McArthur, Retired Bishop Suffragan of West Texas | Rice BA 48. VTS MDiv 63, DD 88. U So DD 90. |
| C McGehee, Retired Bishop of Michigan | VPI BS 47. U Rich JD 49. VTS MDiv 57, DD 73. |
| J McKelvey, Retired Bishop of Rochester | U DE BA 63. VTS MDiv 66, DD 92. GTU 86, 88. |
| M McLeod, Retired Bishop of Vermont | U So LTh 80. Smith LHD 94. EDS DD 94. U Charleston DD 96. |
| C McNutt, Retired Bishop of Central Pennsylvania | W&L BA 53. VTS MDiv 56, DD 81. FL St U MS 70. Lebanon Vlly Coll of PA DD 96. Phi Beta Kappa & Phi Kappa Phi |
| H Meeks, Retired Bishop of Western Michigan | Goldey-Beacon Coll AABA 51-53. PA Mltry Coll BS 61. PDS MDiv 64. |
| B Merino-Botero, Retired Bishop of Colombia | Mss Sem Colom. |
| R Michel, Assiting Bishop of Georgia and Retired Bishop Suffragan of Long Island | NE Wesl U 61-63. U NE BS 65. SWTS BD 70. |
| R Millard, Retired Bishop Suffragan of Churches in Europe | U CA AB 35. ETS BD 38. PSR STM. CDSP DD. USC MA. |
| R Miller, Retired Bishop of Alabama | Birmingham-Sthrn AB 60. Emory U MDiv 63. U So DD 88. |
| A Miller, Bishop of Milwaukee | GTS MDiv 84. |
| J Montgomery, Retired Bishop of Chicago | NWU BA 43. GTS STB 49, STD 63. Nash DD 63. SWTS DD 69. Shimer LLD 69. IA-Wesl LHD 74. Phi Beta Kappa & Phi Kappa Phi |
| R Moody, Retired Bishop of Oklahoma | Rice U BA 62. U TX 62-63. VTS MDiv 66, DD 88. S Geo-J 81. |
| A Morante-Espana, Bishop of Litoral Ecuador | Seminario Alianza Guayaquil Dplma Theol 71. |
| B Ogwal-Abwang, Formerly Bishop of Northern Uganda and Currently Rector of St. Simon of Cyrene in New Rochelle, Diocese of New York | Buwalasi Theol Coll Cert Theol 62.BTTC Mukono Dplma Theol 68.Hur BMin 74, DD. |
| CW Ohl, Bishop of Northwest Texas | U So BA 65. Nash MDiv 74. |
| R O'Neill, Bishop of Colorado | Ya TS MDiv 81. |
| J Ottley, Resigned Bishop of Panama and Assisting Bishop of Southeast Florida | ETSC STB 64, MS 73. Fell ETSSw 80, DD 86. Fell VTS 82. U So DD 86. Berk DD 91. |
| T Ousley, Bishop of Eastern Michigan | Baylor University Waco TX, BA Business 1983; Texas A&M University College Station TX, MS Educ Psych 1984; ETSS Austin TX, MDiv 1991 |
| G Packard, Bishop Suffragan of the Armed Services, Healthcare, and Prisons | Hobart College, NY BA 66. US-A Chapl Sch 73. Virginia Theological Seminary, VA MDiv 74. Union Theological Seminary, NY STM 84. |
| N Parsley, Bishop of Alabama | U So BA (mcl) 70. GTS MDiv 73. Phi Beta Kappa & Phi Kappa Phi |
| D Parsons, Retired Bishop of Quincy | Tem BA 43. PDS ThB 46, ThM 48, ThD 52. |
| C Payne, Retired Bishop of Texas | Rice BA 54, BS 55. CDSP MDiv 64, DD 88. |
| W Persell, Retired Bishop of Chicago | Hob BA (cl) 65. Tchng Fell Intrnatl Coll-Lebanon 67-68. ETS BD (cl) 69. Proctor Fell EDS 81. Phi Beta Kappa & Phi Kappa Phi |
| H Pina-Lopez, Resigned Bishop of Honduras and Assistant Bishop of Central Florida | La Progresiva Cuba BA 60. Un TS Cuba BD 64. |
| M Porteus, Retired Bishop of Connecticut | Bates BA 41. ETS BD 43. Berk DS DD 72. Trin DD 81. |
| N Powell, Bishop of Southwestern Virginia | Claremont McKenna BA 70. EDS MDiv 73. Fell Coll Prchrs. |
| K Price, Bishop Suffragan of Southern Ohio | WV U AB 65. GTS STB 68, DD 95. Marshall U MA 74. |
| J Rabb, Bishop Suffragan of Maryland | DePauw U BA 66. U IA MA 69. EDS MDiv 76. |
| W Ramos-Orench, Bishop of Central Ecuador | Cath U PR BA 62. ETSC MDiv 66. Caribbean Cntr for Advncd Stds. GTS 72-74. EBTS DMin 92. |
| T Ray, Retired Bishop of Northern Michigan | U MI BA 56. GTS STB 59. |
| D Reed, Retired Bishop of Kentucky | Harv AB 48. VTS MDiv 51, DD 64. U So DD 72. ETSKy DD 82. |
| D Reed, Bishop Suffragan of West Texas | University of Texas Austin TX, BJ Journalism 1978; Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, MDiv 1983. |
| GP Reeves, Retired Bishop of Georgia | Randolph-Macon AB 40. Ya BD 43. U So DD. Nash DD. Phi Beta Kappa. |
| F Reus-Froylan, Retired Bishop of Puerto Rico | n/a |
| D Richards, Retired Bishop of Pastoral Development | Leh BA 42. GTS STB 45, STD 52. |
| G Rickel, Bishop of Olympia | School of Theology University of the South Sewanee TN, DMin Congregational Development 2002; Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, MDiv 1996; University of Arkansas Little Rock AR, MA Communications 1993; University of Arkansas Little Rock AR, MHlth Health Services Administration 1987; University of Arkansas Fayetteville AR, BA 1984. |
| W Righter, Retired Bishop of Iowa | U Pgh BA 48. Berk STB 51, DD 72. Fell CP 64. IA Wesl LLD 82. SWTS DD 85. |
| B Rivera, Bishop Suffragan of Olympia | Wheaton College, Norton, MA, AB Physics 1968; Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, CA, MDiv 1976. |
| C Robertson, Bishop of South Dakota | Black Hill St Coll BS 71. U SD JD 76. U So MDiv 89. |
| G Robinson, Bishop of New Hampshire | USo BA. GTS MDiv 1973 |
| H Rockwell, Retired Bishop of Missouri | Br AB 58. ETS BD 61. Ken DD 74. ETSSw DD 84. St Louis U DHum 94. |
| S Romero-Palma, Resigned Bishop of Belize and Assisting Bishop of New Jersey | Church Divinity School of The Pacific; Seminary Guatemala |
| C Roskam, Bishop Suffragan of New York | Mid BA 65. GTS MDiv (cl) 84. |
| S Rowe, Bishop of Northwestern Pennsylvania | Grove City College, VTS |
| R Rowley, Retired Bishop of Northwestern Pennsylvania | U Pgh BA 62, LLB 65. GW LLM 70. ETSSw MDiv 77, DD 89. |
| J Rowthorn, Resigned Bishop Suffragan of Connecticut and Retired Bishop Assisting with The Convocation of American Churches in Europe | Camb BA 57, MA 62. UTS BD 61. Oxf BLitt 72. Fell UTS. Berk DD 87. |
| J Said, Retired Bishop Suffragan of Southeast Florida | Wabash AB 55. Berk STB 58, DD 96. |
| E Salmon, Retired Bishop of South Carolina | U So AB 56. VTS BD 60. Phi Beta Kappa |
| W Sanders, Retired Bishop of East Tennessee | Van BA 42. U So BD 45, DD 59. UTS STM 46. |
| S Sauls, Bishop of Lexington | Furman U BA 77. U VA JD 80. GTS MDiv 88. Phi Beta Kappa & Phi Kappa Phi |
| V Scantlebury, Resigned Bishop Suffragan of Panama, Assisting Bishop of Chicago | U Panama. ETS 72. ETSC MDiv 73. |
| A Scarfe, Bishop of Iowa | Romanian Orthadox Inst, Mass. 1985 GTS STM 1986 |
| C Schofield, Retired Bishop of Southeast Florida | Hob BA 59, STD 80. Berk MDiv 62, DD 79. U So DD 84. |
| H Scriven, Assistant Bishop of Pittsburgh | 72 BA Sheffield U, England; 75 St. Jo Coll Nottingham, DPS |
| P Scruton, Bishop of Western Massachusetts | Barrington BA 68. Bos ThM 71. |
| R Shahan, Retired Bishop of Arizona | U KS BS 61. MI St U MBA 67. Nash MDiv 73. NWU PhD 79. SWTS DD 94. |
| J Shand, Bishop of Easton | Canaan Coll BA 1969. PDS MDiv 1972 |
| T Shaw, Bishop of Massachusetts | Alma BA 67. GTS MDiv 70, DD 93. CUA MA 76. SWTS DD 92. |
| R Shimpfky, Bishop in Residence at St. George's in Flushing (Diocese of Long Island) and Retired Bishop of El Camino Real | U CO BA 63. VTS MDiv 70, DD 91. |
| H Shipps, Retired Bishop of Georgia | NY St Maritime Acad 46. U So TS GD 58, DD 86. |
| P Singh, Bishop of Rochester | Drew University Madison NJ, PhD pending Religion and Society; Princeton Seminary Princeton NJ, ThM Church and Society 1995; Union Theological Seminary, ThM Practical Theology 1994; Union Biblical Seminary, BD 1989. |
| M Sisk, Bishop of New York | U MD BS 64. GTS STB 67, DD 85. |
| J Skilton, Retired Bishop Suffragan of South Carolina | Cit BS. U So LTh. |
| S-E Sloan, Bishop Suffragan of Alabama | School of Theology University of the South Sewanee TN, MDiv 1981; Missouri State University MS, BA 1976. |
| W Smalley, Retired Bishop of Kansas | Leh BA 62. ETS STM 65. Tem MSEd 70. Wesley TS DMin 87. |
| A Smith, Bishop of Connecticut | Trin BA 65. ETS BD 68. |
| D Smith, Bishop of Southwest Florida | Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, DMin 1999; Nashotah House, MDiv 1987; University of South Florida Tampa FL, BA 1980; Santa Fe Community College Santa Fe NM, AA 1975. |
| W Smith, Bishop of Missouri | Baylor U BA 75, MA 78. Nash MDiv 81. U So DMin 93. |
| J Smith, Retired Bishop of West Virginia | Cor AB 61. GTS STB 64, DD 90. Hartford Sem DMin 80. VTS DD 90. |
| K Smith, Bishop of Arizona | 73 BA Lewis & Clar; 79 Yale-Berkeley Divinity School MDiv; 83 Cornell, PhD |
| M Smith, Bishop of North Dakota | Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, BS 1977; Marymount College, BA 1980; University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, MSW 1985; Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL, MDiv 1991. |
| P Smith, Retired Bishop of New Hampshire | Harv BA 42. VTS BD 49, DD 70. S Aug Coll 57-58. |
| E Sorge, Retired Bishop of Easton | DePauw BA 51. SWTS LTh 54, MDiv 56, DD 71. VTS DD 84. |
| A Soto, Retired Bishop of Venezuela | U Havana Cuba 56. U So STM 64, DD 88. |
| W Spofford, Retired Bishop of Eastern Oregon | Antioch BA 42. ETS BD 45. Ya SSAS U MI MSW 50. Advncd CPE 52-53. CDSP DD 68. Coll ID STD 73. |
| J Spong, Retired Bishop of Newark | U NC AB 52. VTS MDiv 55, DD 77. S Paul VA DD 76. Phi Beta Kappa & Phi Kappa Phi |
| J Stanton, Bishop of Dallas | Chapman BA 68. TS Claremont DMin 75. CDSP Cert 77. U So DD 94. |
| V Strickland, Assisting Bishop of Wyoming and Retired Bishop of Western Kansas | Carson-Newman BA 67. Candler TS 67-69. VTS BD 70. |
| E Sutton, Bishop-Elect of Maryland | PhD Candidate Princeton Theological Seminary; BA Hope College 1976; MDiv Western Theological Seminary 1981 |
| D Swenson, Retired Bishop of Vermont | U MN BA 50. Minn Tutorial Prog 58-61. SWTS DD 87. |
| W Swing, Retired Bishop of California | Ken AB 58. VTS BD 61, DD 80. Ken DD 80. |
| C Talton, Bishop Suffragan of Los Angeles | CA St Coll-Hayward BS 65. CDSP BD 70, DD 92. |
| ED Taylor, Resigned Bishop of Virgin Islands and Assistant Bishop of New York | Kingston Coll. U WIndies. U Tor MA, STM, DD. |
| GP Taylor, Bishop of Western North Carolina | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, BA 1972; University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, MA 1974; Emory University, Atlanta, GA, PhD 1983; School of Theology, University of the South, Sewanee, TN, MDiv 1993. |
| C Tennis, Retired Bishop of Delaware | W&M BA 54, JD 56. VTS MDiv 64, DD 88. |
| D Theuner, Retired Bishop of New Hampshire | Wooster BA 60. Bex BD 62. U CT MA 68. |
| B Thom, Bishop-Elect of Idaho | BS Oregon State University 1980; MDiv Church Divinity School of The Pacific 1987 |
| J Thornton, Retired Bishop of Idaho | IN U AB 54. SFTS MDiv 62. Albertson Coll-ID DD. Phi Beta Kappa & Phi Kappa Phi |
| M Townsend, Retired Bishop of Easton | Hob BA 65. VTS MDiv 68. |
| F Turner, Retired Bishop Suffragan of Pennsylvania | Livingston Coll BA 56, DD 93. WV U 60-62. Berk/Ya MDiv 65, DD 78. S Geo-J 84. GTS. |
| C Vache, Retired Bishop of Southern Virginia | U NC BA 49. SWTS MDiv 52, DD 76. Fell CP 61. SWTS DD 76. S Paul DD 77. Phi Beta Kappa |
| A Vogel, Retired Bishop of West Missouri | Nash BD 46, DCnL 69. U Chi MA 48. Harv PhD 52. GTS STD 69. U So DD 71. ETSSw DD 95. |
| C vonRosenberg, Bishop of East Tennessee | USo. UNC BA 69. VTS MDiv 75. |
| J Waggoner, Bishop of Spokane | Marshall U BA 73. VTS MDiv 79, Cont Educ Fell 85. |
| O Walker, Bishop of Long Island | U MD BA 64. GTS STB 68, DD 88. Fell U So 70. Drew U DMin 80. U Windsor MA 84. Ya DS DCL 88. GTF MBA 93. |
| L Wallace, Retired Bishop of Spokane | U MT BA 50. VTS MDiv 62, DD 79. |
| A Walmsley, Retired Bishop of Connecticut | Trin BA 48, DD 82. ETS MDiv 51. NE Coll DHmnts 72. Berk DD 80. Phi Beta Kappa & Phi Kappa Phi |
| W Wantland, Assisting Bishop of Fort Worth and Retired Bishop of Eau Claire | U HI BA 57. OK City U LLB 64, JD 67. Geneva TS DRel 76. Nash DD 83. SWTS DD 83. |
| J Warner, Retired Bishop of Nebraska | NWU BS 50. SWTS 53, DD 77. |
| V Warner, Retired Bishop of Olympia | VTS Cert 71, DD 90. |
| C Waynick, Bishop of Indianapolis | Cntrl MI U. Madonna BA 81. S Jn Prov TS MDiv 85. |
| P Whalon, Bishop in Charge of The Convocation of American Churches in Europe | Bos BMus 74. Schola Cantorum Dplma 77. Duquesne U MSMus 81. VTS MDiv 85. |
| O Whitaker, Retired Bishop of Central New York | SWTS DD 1981. Duke BA 1949. SWTS MDiv 1952. Phi Beta Kappa & Phi Kappa Phi |
| R White, Retired Bishop of Milwaukee | WCC Schlr 64-65. Eden TS BD 65. Kelham Theol Coll Engl 66. SWTS DCL 88. Phi Beta Kappa & Phi Kappa Phi |
| K Whitmore, Resigned Bishop of Eau Claire and Assistant Bishop of AtlantaAtlanta | U WI 72-74. Nashotah House, WI MDiv 77. Marian BS 83. |
| W Wiedrich, Retired Bishop Suffragan of Chicago | U MI BA 53. Bex 56. |
| H Williams, Retired Bishop Suffragan of North Carolina | Harv AB 49. VTS BD 52, 69, DD 91. Fell CP 62. |
| A Williams, Jr., Assisting Bishop and Retired Bishop Suffragan of Ohio | Br AB 57. GTS STB 64, DD 87. U MI MA 74. |
| D Wimberly, Bishop of Texas | LSU BS 59. VTS MDiv 71, DD 88. U So DD 88. |
| W Winterrowd, Retired Bishop of Colorado | Centenary BA 59. GTS STB 63. |
| A Wissemann, Retired Bishop of Western Massachusetts | Wesl BA 50. UTS 50-51. GTS STB 53. Fell CP 67. Phi Beta Kappa. |
| R Witcher, Retired Bishop of Long Island | Tul BA 49. SWTS BD 52, DD 74. LSU MA 60, PhD 68. Nash DCL 89. Phi Beta Kappa & Phi Kappa Phi |
| G Wolf, Bishop of Rhode Island | W Chester St BS 68. Trenton St MA 71. EDS MDiv 77. |
| D Wolfe, Bishop of Kansas | 87 BA Miami U; 92 VTS MDiv |
| M Wood, Retired Bishop Suffragan of Atlanta | U So BA 48, BD 45, DD 67. |
| S Wood, Retired Bishop of Michigan | Dart AB 56. VTS MDiv, BD 59. Ball St U MA 73. |
| W Wright, Bishop of Delaware | W&M BA 75. U So MDiv 80. |
| A Zabala, Resigned Bishop of the Northern Philippines and Rector, Holy Trinity & St. Benedict's, Alhambra in the Diocese of Los Angeles | BTh St. Andrew’s Theological Seminary Philippines 1963; BA University of The Philippines 1964; ThM Trinity College Toronto Canada 1974; ThD University of Heidelbery Germany 1980 |
By contrast, only 6.9% of the deputies to GC 2009 currently serve on ccab's. Since membership totals remain constant, the shift since 2003 indicates that more persons who are not deputies are being appointed to ccab's. Bishops' Currently Assigned to Interim Bodies:
32.7% of the current ordinaries do not serve on CCAB's:
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K Ackerman, Q J Adams, WKS J Bauerschmidt, TN N Baxter, CPA M Beckwith, Nk P Beckwith, Sp B Beisner, NCA L Benfield, AR E Bennison, PA T Breidenthal, SO F Brookhart, MT |
W Duncan, Pgh D Edwards, NV R Fitzpatrick, HI M Gray-Reeves, ECR J Holguin-Khoury, DomR J Howe, CF J Iker, FTW C Jenkins, LA E Konieczny, OK M Lawrence, SC J Lee, C |
W Love, A A Morante-Espana, EcuL T Ousley, EMI G Rickel, Ol S Rowe, NWPA T Shaw, MA P Singh, Roch D Smith, SwF J Stanton, Dal B Thom, ID D Wimberly, TX |
Twenty-seven ordinaries formerly in parochial assignments now
oversee dioceses with under 9,000 communicants; before election,
these worked in parishes that averaged 429 communicants.
It is clear that the size of a candidate's current assignment substantially influences dioceses when they elect bishops. In general, candidates with the bigger parochial assignments go to the bigger dioceses. This was not true in three out of the last four elections for Presiding Bishop, with the election of the Bishop of Mississippi (currently 37th in size out of 111 dioceses), the Bishop of Hawaii (currently 79th), and the Bishop of Nevada (currently 93rd). Most Rev. Frank Griswold was, upon election at Presiding Bishop, the Bishop of Chicago, currently our 13th largest diocese.
See
Forty-eight (31.6%) of 152 active bishops were in non-parochial assignments when they were elected or received into TEC:
Seven (4.6%) of the 152 active bishops were deans
of cathedrals when they were elected:
See a list of the Cathedrals of the
Episcopal Church.
For related information on the House of deputies, click on Deputy Parish Size.
Given the vulnerability of TEC because of its support of lgbt people, one way to measure hostility towards lbgts is to look at the dioceses that are punishing TEC financially. The following bishops oversee dioceses that have given under 6 percent to the budget of The Episcopal Church. All dioceses are asked to give 21 percent:
Another index of the hostility and support is this map of consents to the Bishop of New Hampshire in 2003:
| Rank | Communicants Per Parish | Diocese | Bishop |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 459 | Atlanta | Neil Alexander |
| 2 | 430 | Texas | Don Wimberly |
| 3 | 424 | Dallas | James Stanton |
| 4 | 392 | Southwest Florida | Dabney Smith |
| 5 | 370 | Arizona | Kirk Stevan Smith |
| 6 | 365 | South Carolina | Mark J. Lawrence |
| 7 | 358 | San Diego | James Mathes |
| 8 | 358 | Virginia | Peter Lee |
| 9 | 357 | Los Angeles | Jon Bruno |
| 10 | 355 | Washington | John Chane |
| 11 | 354 | Florida | Samuel Johnson Howard |
| 12 | 350 | Central Florida | John W. Howe |
| 13 | 347 | Southeast Florida | Leopold Frade |
| 14 | 347 | Upper South Carolina | Dorsey F. Henderson |
| 15 | 343 | North Carolina | Michael Curry |
| 16 | 319 | Alabama | Henry Parsley |
| 17 | 310 | California | Marc Handley Andrus |
| 18 | 307 | The Convocation of American Churches in Europe | Katharine Jefferts Schori/Pierre Whalon |
| 19 | 301 | Maryland | Robert Ihloff |
| 20 | 297 | Massachusetts | Thomas Shaw |
| 21 | 290 | Connecticut | Andrew Smith |
| 22 | 286 | Rhode Island | Geralyn Wolf |
| 23 | 284 | Long Island | Orris G. Walker |
| 24 | 282 | Pennsylvania | Charles Bennison |
| 25 | 280 | Missouri | George Wayne Smith |
| 26 | 280 | Louisiana | Charles Jenkins |
| 27 | 278 | Delaware | Wayne Wright |
| 28 | 277 | East Tennessee | Charles vonRosenberg |
| 29 | 276 | Olympia | Gregory Harold Rickel |
| 30 | 268 | Tennessee | John C. Bauerschmidt |
| 31 | 267 | Chicago | Jeffrey Lee |
| 32 | 266 | Virgin Islands | Edward Ambrose Gumbs |
| 33 | 264 | Central Gulf Coast | Philip Duncan |
| 34 | 263 | Colorado | Robert O'Neill |
| 35 | 261 | Fort Worth | Jack Iker |
| 36 | 253 | New Jersey | George Edward Councell |
| 37 | 247 | Southern Ohio | Thomas Breidenthal |
| 38 | 245 | Newark | Mark Beckwith |
| 39 | 241 | Pittsburgh | Robert Duncan |
| 40 | 239 | West Texas | Gary Lillibridge |
| 41 | 238 | West Tennessee | Don E. Johnson |
| 42 | 238 | Kansas | Dean Wolfe |
| 43 | 235 | Southern Virginia | Vacant |
| 44 | 232 | New York | Mark S. Sisk |
| 45 | 232 | El Camino Real | Mary Gray-Reeves |
| 46 | 232 | Kentucky | Edwin Gulick |
| 47 | 230 | Honduras | Lloyd Allen |
| 48 | 230 | East Carolina | Clifton Daniel |
| 49 | 227 | New Hampshire | V. Gene Robinson |
| 50 | 226 | Western North Carolina | G. Porter Taylor |
| 51 | 222 | Georgia | Henry I. Louttit |
| 52 | 222 | Ohio | Mark Hollingsworth, Jr. |
| 53 | 219 | Michigan | Wendell Gibbs |
| 54 | 217 | Utah | Carolyn Irish |
| 55 | 216 | Rio Grande | Vacant |
| 56 | 215 | Western Louisiana | D. Bruce MacPherson |
| 57 | 215 | Arkansas | Larry R. Benfield |
| 58 | 213 | Haiti | J. Zache Duracin |
| 59 | 209 | Mississippi | Duncan Gray III |
| 60 | 206 | Western Massachusetts | Gordon Scruton |
| 61 | 202 | Oregon | Vacant |
| 62 | 200 | Northern California | Barry Beisner |
| 63 | 200 | Oklahoma | Edward J. Konieczny |
| 64 | 197 | Western Michigan | Robert Gepert |
| 65 | 194 | West Missouri | Barry Howe |
| 66 | 190 | Minnesota | James Jelinek |
| 67 | 187 | Indianapolis | Catherine 'Cate' Waynick |
| 68 | 186 | Bethlehem | Paul Marshall |
| 69 | 183 | Central Pennsylvania | Nathan Dwight Baxter |
| 70 | 182 | Southwestern Virginia | F. Neff Powell |
| 71 | 181 | Milwaukee | Steven Andrew Miller |
| 72 | 177 | San Joaquin | Vacant |
| 73 | 175 | Easton | James Shand |
| 74 | 174 | Lexington | Stacy Sauls |
| 75 | 172 | Western New York | Michael Garrison |
| 76 | 170 | Maine | Chilton Knudsen |
| 77 | 168 | Hawaii | Robert Fitzpatrick |
| 78 | 166 | Idaho | Brian Thom |
| 79 | 161 | Northwest Texas | C. Wallis Ohl |
| 80 | 152 | Rochester | Prince Singh |
| 81 | 146 | Central New York | Gladstone B. 'Skip' Adams |
| 82 | 146 | Litoral Ecuador | Alfredo Morante |
| 83 | 142 | Spokane | James E. Waggoner, Jr. |
| 84 | 135 | Vermont | Thomas C. Ely |
| 85 | 135 | Iowa | Alan Scarfe |
| 86 | 134 | Wyoming | Bruce Caldwell |
| 87 | 134 | Fond du Lac | Russell E. Jacobus |
| 88 | 130 | Eastern Michigan | S. Todd Ousley |
| 89 | 130 | Northern Indiana | Edward Little |
| 90 | 129 | Nevada | Dan Edwards |
| 91 | 125 | Springfield | Peter Beckwith |
| 92 | 125 | Nebraska | Joe Burnett |
| 93 | 122 | Colombia | Francisco Duque-Gomez |
| 94 | 120 | Albany | William Love |
| 95 | 113 | Alaska | Vacant |
| 96 | 111 | Northwestern Pennsylvania | Sean Walter Rowe |
| 97 | 106 | Montana | C. Franklin Brookhart, Jr. |
| 98 | 104 | West Virginia | W. Michie 'Mike' Klusmeyer |
| 99 | 93 | North Dakota | Michael Smith |
| 100 | 93 | Eau Claire | Vacant |
| 101 | 88 | Eastern Oregon | Vacant |
| 102 | 86 | Puerto Rico | David Andres Alvarez-Velazquez |
| 103 | 83 | Quincy | Keith Ackerman |
| 104 | 73 | South Dakota | Creighton Robertson |
| 105 | 67 | Dominican Republic | Julio C. Holguin-Khoury |
| 106 | 63 | Western Kansas | James M. Adams |
| 107 | 55 | Northern Michigan | Vacant |
| 108 | 50 | Navajoland | Vacant |
| 109 | 49 | Taiwan | David Jung-Hsin Lai |
| 110 | 34 | Central Ecuador | Wilfrido Ramos-Orench |
| 111 | 29 | Venezuela | Orlando Guerrero |
*Note: The communicant data is from the 2008 Episcopal Church Annual, based on the last complete report, for 2006
| Rank | Communicants | Diocese | Bishop |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42,646 | Atlanta | Neil Alexander |
| 2 | 67,103 | Texas | Don Wimberly |
| 3 | 30,101 | Dallas | James Stanton |
| 4 | 30,577 | Southwest Florida | Dabney Smith |
| 5 | 20,740 | Arizona | Kirk Stevan Smith |
| 6 | 27,017 | South Carolina | Mark J. Lawrence |
| 7 | 18,269 | San Diego | James Mathes |
| 8 | 64,743 | Virginia | Peter Lee |
| 9 | 51,739 | Los Angeles | Jon Bruno |
| 10 | 32,333 | Washington | John Chane |
| 11 | 23,004 | Florida | Samuel Johnson Howard |
| 12 | 30,491 | Central Florida | John W. Howe |
| 13 | 28,793 | Southeast Florida | Leopold Frade |
| 14 | 21,508 | Upper South Carolina | Dorsey F. Henderson |
| 15 | 40,505 | North Carolina | Michael Curry |
| 16 | 28,751 | Alabama | Henry Parsley |
| 17 | 24,826 | California | Marc Handley Andrus |
| 18 | 3,375 | The Convocation of American Churches in Europe | Katharine Jefferts Schori/Pierre Whalon |
| 19 | 34,272 | Maryland | Robert Ihloff |
| 20 | 54,686 | Massachusetts | Thomas Shaw |
| 21 | 50,822 | Connecticut | Andrew Smith |
| 22 | 17,428 | Rhode Island | Geralyn Wolf |
| 23 | 41,442 | Long Island | Orris G. Walker |
| 24 | 43,679 | Pennsylvania | Charles Bennison |
| 25 | 12,877 | Missouri | George Wayne Smith |
| 26 | 13,715 | Louisiana | Charles Jenkins |
| 27 | 9,743 | Delaware | Wayne Wright |
| 28 | 13,865 | East Tennessee | Charles vonRosenberg |
| 29 | 25,943 | Olympia | Gregory Harold Rickel |
| 30 | 13,422 | Tennessee | John C. Bauerschmidt |
| 31 | 33,387 | Chicago | Jeffrey Lee |
| 32 | 3,720 | Virgin Islands | Edward Ambrose Gumbs |
| 33 | 16,635 | Central Gulf Coast | Philip Duncan |
| 34 | 28,449 | Colorado | Robert O'Neill |
| 35 | 14,339 | Fort Worth | Jack Iker |
| 36 | 39,939 | New Jersey | George Edward Councell |
| 37 | 20,254 | Southern Ohio | Thomas Breidenthal |
| 38 | 27,147 | Newark | Mark Beckwith |
| 39 | 16,148 | Pittsburgh | Robert Duncan |
| 40 | 21,725 | West Texas | Gary Lillibridge |
| 41 | 7,625 | West Tennessee | Don E. Johnson |
| 42 | 10,928 | Kansas | Dean Wolfe |
| 43 | 27,727 | Southern Virginia | Vacant |
| 44 | 45,768 | New York | Mark S. Sisk |
| 45 | 11,612 | El Camino Real | Mary Gray-Reeves |
| 46 | 8,334 | Kentucky | Edwin Gulick |
| 47 | 28,050 | Honduras | Lloyd Allen |
| 48 | 17,464 | East Carolina | Clifton Daniel |
| 49 | 10,890 | New Hampshire | V. Gene Robinson |
| 50 | 14,034 | Western North Carolina | G. Porter Taylor |
| 51 | 15,775 | Georgia | Henry I. Louttit |
| 52 | 21,525 | Ohio | Mark Hollingsworth, Jr. |
| 53 | 19,906 | Michigan | Wendell Gibbs |
| 54 | 4,550 | Utah | Carolyn Irish |
| 55 | 12,115 | Rio Grande | Vacant |
| 56 | 10,313 | Western Louisiana | D. Bruce MacPherson |
| 57 | 11,815 | Arkansas | Larry R. Benfield |
| 58 | 20,463 | Haiti | J. Zache Duracin |
| 59 | 17,755 | Mississippi | Duncan Gray III |
| 60 | 13,790 | Western Massachusetts | Gordon Scruton |
| 61 | 15,166 | Oregon | Vacant |
| 62 | 13,618 | Northern California | Barry Beisner |
| 63 | 14,399 | Oklahoma | Edward J. Konieczny |
| 64 | 11,400 | Western Michigan | Robert Gepert |
| 65 | 9,916 | West Missouri | Barry Howe |
| 66 | 20,360 | Minnesota | James Jelinek |
| 67 | 8,582 | Indianapolis | Catherine 'Cate' Waynick |
| 68 | 11,179 | Bethlehem | Paul Marshall |
| 69 | 12,611 | Central Pennsylvania | Nathan Dwight Baxter |
| 70 | 10,352 | Southwestern Virginia | F. Neff Powell |
| 71 | 10,317 | Milwaukee | Steven Andrew Miller |
| 72 | 8,326 | San Joaquin | Vacant |
| 73 | 7,006 | Easton | James Shand |
| 74 | 6,263 | Lexington | Stacy Sauls |
| 75 | 10,811 | Western New York | Michael Garrison |
| 76 | 11,211 | Maine | Chilton Knudsen |
| 77 | 6,551 | Hawaii | Robert Fitzpatrick |
| 78 | 4,968 | Idaho | Brian Thom |
| 79 | 6,122 | Northwest Texas | C. Wallis Ohl |
| 80 | 7,773 | Rochester | Prince Singh |
| 81 | 14,121 | Central New York | Gladstone B. 'Skip' Adams |
| 82 | 3,929 | Litoral Ecuador | Alfredo Morante |
| 83 | 5,975 | Spokane | James E. Waggoner, Jr. |
| 84 | 6,483 | Vermont | Thomas C. Ely |
| 85 | 8,237 | Iowa | Alan Scarfe |
| 86 | 6,296 | Wyoming | Bruce Caldwell |
| 87 | 4,820 | Fond du Lac | Russell E. Jacobus |
| 88 | 6,498 | Eastern Michigan | S. Todd Ousley |
| 89 | 4,795 | Northern Indiana | Edward Little |
| 90 | 4,529 | Nevada | Dan Edwards |
| 91 | 4,736 | Springfield | Peter Beckwith |
| 92 | 7,221 | Nebraska | Joe Burnett |
| 93 | 2,325 | Colombia | Francisco Duque-Gomez |
| 94 | 14,105 | Albany | William Love |
| 95 | 5,625 | Alaska | Vacant |
| 96 | 3,986 | Northwestern Pennsylvania | Sean Walter Rowe |
| 97 | 4,451 | Montana | C. Franklin Brookhart, Jr. |
| 98 | 7,695 | West Virginia | W. Michie 'Mike' Klusmeyer |
| 99 | 1,957 | North Dakota | Michael Smith |
| 100 | 2,036 | Eau Claire | Vacant |
| 101 | 2,022 | Eastern Oregon | Vacant |
| 102 | 3,873 | Puerto Rico | David Andres Alvarez-Velazquez |
| 103 | 1,738 | Quincy | Keith Ackerman |
| 104 | 6,262 | South Dakota | Creighton Robertson |
| 105 | 3,730 | Dominican Republic | Julio C. Holguin-Khoury |
| 106 | 1,940 | Western Kansas | James M. Adams |
| 107 | 1,476 | Northern Michigan | Vacant |
| 108 | 449 | Navajoland | Vacant |
| 109 | 681 | Taiwan | David Jung-Hsin Lai |
| 110 | 792 | Central Ecuador | Wilfrido Ramos-Orench |
| 111 | 494 | Venezuela | Orlando Guerrero |
For parallel information on the House of deputies, click on Effects of Disproportional Representation
| Bishop | Diocese | Commnicants | Income | Paid | Percent of the asking | Rank Income | Rank Percent of the Asking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Parsley | Alabama | 28,751 | 2,185,528 | 397,012 | 90.7% | 31 | 45 |
| Vacant | Alaska | 5,625 | 442,722 | 75,800 | 105.3% | 89 | 2 |
| William Love | Albany | 14,105 | n/a | 121,053 | n/a | 103 | 98 |
| Kirk Stevan Smith | Arizona | 20,740 | 2,553,315 | 483,100 | 93.8% | 26 | 43 |
| Larry R. Benfield | Arkansas | 11,815 | 1,289,954 | 200,000 | 80.0% | 57 | 51 |
| Neil Alexander | Atlanta | 42,646 | 3,242,135 | 659,850 | 100.0% | 15 | 12 |
| Paul Marshall | Bethlehem | 11,179 | 1,126,328 | 97,917 | 45.4% | 63 | 73 |
| Marc Handley Andrus | California | 24,826 | 3,440,760 | 701,560 | 100.0% | 12 | 18 |
| Wilfrido Ramos-Orench | Central Ecuador | 792 | n/a | 500 | n/a | 108 | 103 |
| John W. Howe | Central Florida | 30,491 | 2,366,589 | 52,862 | 11.1% | 28 | 87 |
| Philip Duncan | Central Gulf Coast | 16,635 | 1,835,305 | 150,548 | 41.3% | 38 | 74 |
| Gladstone B. 'Skip' Adams | Central New York | 14,121 | 1,359,824 | 264,563 | 100.0% | 54 | 26 |
| Nathan Dwight Baxter | Central Pennsylvania | 12,611 | 1,501,022 | 294,215 | 100.0% | 47 | 14 |
| Jeffrey Lee | Chicago | 33,387 | 3,270,638 | 665,834 | 100.0% | 14 | 22 |
| Francisco Duque-Gomez | Colombia | 2,325 | 153,000 | 0 | 0.0% | 94 | 107 |
| Robert O'Neill | Colorado | 28,449 | 1,977,762 | 129,780 | 32.9% | 36 | 82 |
| Andrew Smith | Connecticut | 50,822 | 4,950,310 | 1,050,000 | 103.1% | 4 | 4 |
| James Stanton | Dallas | 30,101 | 3,837,395 | 0 | 0.0% | 10 | 104 |
| Wayne Wright | Delaware | 9,743 | 1,083,577 | 206,551 | 100.0% | 64 | 34 |
| Julio C. Holguin-Khoury | Dominican Republic | 3,730 | n/a | 4,000 | n/a | 107 | 102 |
| Clifton Daniel | East Carolina | 17,464 | 1,132,679 | 89,577 | 41.3% | 62 | 75 |
| Charles vonRosenberg | East Tennessee | 13,865 | 1,638,287 | 307,656 | 95.2% | 44 | 41 |
| S. Todd Ousley | Eastern Michigan | 6,498 | 721,440 | 72,144 | 55.3% | 73 | 65 |
| Vacant | Eastern Oregon | 2,022 | 459,471 | 75,489 | 100.0% | 88 | 15 |
| James Shand | Easton | 7,006 | 656,635 | 116,893 | 100.0% | 77 | 37 |
| Vacant | Eau Claire | 2,036 | 375,301 | 40,000 | 69.2% | 90 | 57 |
| Mary Gray-Reeves | El Camino Real | 11,612 | 1,595,212 | 160,462 | 51.1% | 45 | 68 |
| Samuel Johnson Howard | Florida | 23,004 | n/a | 119,770 | n/a | 104 | 99 |
| Russell E. Jacobus | Fond du Lac | 4,820 | 542,471 | 42,262 | 45.5% | 85 | 72 |
| Jack Iker | Fort Worth | 14,339 | 1,699,070 | 0 | 0.0% | 42 | 105 |
| Henry I. Louttit | Georgia | 15,775 | n/a | 260,000 | n/a | 100 | 95 |
| J. Zache Duracin | Haiti | 20,463 | 564,174 | 5,000 | 5.1% | 83 | 91 |
| Robert Fitzpatrick | Hawaii | 6,551 | 1,772,496 | 351,300 | 100.0% | 40 | 9 |
| Lloyd Allen | Honduras | 28,050 | 493,869 | 0 | 0.0% | 87 | 106 |
| Brian Thom | Idaho | 4,968 | 627,920 | 110,856 | 100.0% | 79 | 39 |
| Catherine 'Cate' Waynick | Indianapolis | 8,582 | 2,864,563 | 580,558 | 100.0% | 21 | 29 |
| Alan Scarfe | Iowa | 8,237 | 1,263,486 | 200,000 | 81.9% | 58 | 49 |
| Dean Wolfe | Kansas | 10,928 | 1,210,727 | 236,904 | 101.6% | 61 | 6 |
| Edwin Gulick | Kentucky | 8,334 | 1,574,884 | 174,744 | 56.4% | 46 | 63 |
| Stacy Sauls | Lexington | 6,263 | 997,791 | 188,536 | 100.0% | 66 | 31 |
| Alfredo Morante | Litoral Ecuador | 3,929 | 96,576 | 1,500 | 100.0% | 96 | 24 |
| Orris G. Walker | Long Island | 41,442 | 2,741,406 | 441,000 | 79.5% | 23 | 53 |
| Jon Bruno | Los Angeles | 51,739 | 3,946,687 | 807,804 | 100.0% | 9 | 28 |
| Charles Jenkins | Louisiana | 13,715 | 1,328,838 | 99,000 | 38.4% | 56 | 79 |
| Chilton Knudsen | Maine | 11,211 | 1,787,355 | 354,279 | 100.0% | 39 | 40 |
| Robert Ihloff | Maryland | 34,272 | 2,742,808 | 527,556 | 95.1% | 22 | 42 |
| Thomas Shaw | Massachusetts | 54,686 | 5,662,184 | 1,168,058 | 100.0% | 3 | 30 |
| Wendell Gibbs | Michigan | 19,906 | 2,950,162 | 510,000 | 85.2% | 19 | 47 |
| Steven Andrew Miller | Milwaukee | 10,317 | 1,238,997 | 239,189 | 100.0% | 59 | 36 |
| James Jelinek | Minnesota | 20,360 | 2,398,324 | 482,648 | 100.0% | 27 | 25 |
| Duncan Gray III | Mississippi | 17,755 | n/a | 320,913 | n/a | 98 | 93 |
| George Wayne Smith | Missouri | 12,877 | 2,109,300 | 328,735 | 77.9% | 33 | 54 |
| C. Franklin Brookhart, Jr. | Montana | 4,451 | 835,263 | 83,940 | 54.4% | 70 | 66 |
| Vacant | Navajoland | 449 | 132,903 | 1,000 | 14.5% | 95 | 86 |
| Joe Burnett | Nebraska | 7,221 | 639,821 | 113,362 | 100.0% | 78 | 38 |
| Dan Edwards | Nevada | 4,529 | 674,813 | 120,711 | 100.0% | 76 | 13 |
| V. Gene Robinson | New Hampshire | 10,890 | 1,460,947 | 285,799 | 100.0% | 49 | 20 |
| George Edward Councell | New Jersey | 39,939 | 2,976,359 | 610,943 | 101.1% | 18 | 7 |
| Mark S. Sisk | New York | 45,768 | 6,647,619 | 1,375,000 | 100.0% | 1 | 23 |
| Mark Beckwith | Newark | 27,147 | n/a | 353,000 | n/a | 97 | 92 |
| Michael Curry | North Carolina | 40,505 | 3,519,807 | 718,159 | 100.0% | 11 | 33 |
| Michael Smith | North Dakota | 1,957 | 513,715 | 48,500 | 55.8% | 86 | 64 |
| Barry Beisner | Northern California | 13,618 | 1,958,318 | 360,000 | 92.2% | 37 | 44 |
| Edward Little | Northern Indiana | 4,795 | 612,049 | 71,876 | 66.8% | 80 | 58 |
| Vacant | Northern Michigan | 1,476 | 583,380 | 67,500 | 66.5% | 82 | 59 |
| C. Wallis Ohl | Northwest Texas | 6,122 | 1,358,089 | 219,015 | 82.9% | 55 | 48 |
| Sean Walter Rowe | Northwestern Pennsylvania | 3,986 | n/a | 133,968 | n/a | 102 | 97 |
| Mark Hollingsworth, Jr. | Ohio | 21,525 | 2,897,210 | 587,500 | 100.0% | 20 | 10 |
| Edward J. Konieczny | Oklahoma | 14,399 | 4,914,832 | 417,022 | 41.2% | 5 | 76 |
| Gregory Harold Rickel | Olympia | 25,943 | 3,073,112 | 624,353 | 100.0% | 17 | 35 |
| Vacant | Oregon | 15,166 | 2,020,008 | 403,202 | 100.0% | 35 | 16 |
| Charles Bennison | Pennsylvania | 43,679 | n/a | 289,144 | n/a | 99 | 94 |
| Robert Duncan | Pittsburgh | 16,148 | - | 0 | n/a | 109 | 109 |
| David Andres Alvarez-Velazquez | Puerto Rico | 3,873 | 560,057 | 50,000 | 51.8% | 84 | 67 |
| Keith Ackerman | Quincy | 1,738 | n/a | 0 | n/a | 110 | 110 |
| Geralyn Wolf | Rhode Island | 17,428 | 2,177,787 | 436,335 | 100.0% | 32 | 32 |
| Vacant | Rio Grande | 12,115 | 1,448,472 | 56,136 | 19.8% | 51 | 84 |
| Prince Singh | Rochester | 7,773 | 1,215,405 | 234,235 | 100.0% | 60 | 27 |
| James Mathes | San Diego | 18,269 | 4,860,963 | 108,000 | 10.8% | 6 | 88 |
| Vacant | San Joaquin | 8,326 | 1,392,380 | 0 | n/a | 53 | 108 |
| Mark J. Lawrence | South Carolina | 27,017 | 2,357,564 | 27,046 | 5.7% | 29 | 90 |
| Creighton Robertson | South Dakota | 6,262 | 592,546 | 49,204 | 47.6% | 81 | 71 |
| Leopold Frade | Southeast Florida | 28,793 | 2,618,150 | 378,000 | 71.5% | 25 | 55 |
| Thomas Breidenthal | Southern Ohio | 20,254 | 3,391,837 | 716,286 | 103.6% | 13 | 3 |
| Vacant | Southern Virginia | 27,727 | 1,647,091 | 120,500 | 37.1% | 43 | 80 |
| Dabney Smith | Southwest Florida | 30,577 | 2,620,295 | 314,017 | 59.3% | 24 | 62 |
| F. Neff Powell | Southwestern Virginia | 10,352 | 876,665 | 165,700 | 101.6% | 69 | 5 |
| James E. Waggoner, Jr. | Spokane | 5,975 | 741,426 | 134,700 | 100.0% | 72 | 11 |
| Peter Beckwith | Springfield | 4,736 | 693,560 | 32,721 | 26.3% | 75 | 83 |
| David Jung-Hsin Lai | Taiwan | 681 | n/a | 8,000 | n/a | 106 | 101 |
| John C. Bauerschmidt | Tennessee | 13,422 | 1,457,535 | 54,100 | 19.0% | 50 | 85 |
| Don Wimberly | Texas | 67,103 | 6,190,732 | 466,242 | 36.5% | 2 | 81 |
| Katharine Jefferts Schori/Pierre Whalon | The Convocation of American Churches in Europe | 3,375 | 295,202 | 25,198 | 61.5% | 92 | 60 |
| Dorsey F. Henderson | Upper South Carolina | 21,508 | 2,262,803 | 272,974 | 60.1% | 30 | 61 |
| Carolyn Irish | Utah | 4,550 | 3,088,377 | 500,000 | 79.7% | 16 | 52 |
| Orlando Guerrero | Venezuela | 494 | n/a | 0 | n/a | 111 | 111 |
| Thomas C. Ely | Vermont | 6,483 | 972,120 | 130,818 | 71.4% | 67 | 56 |
| Edward Ambrose Gumbs | Virgin Islands | 3,720 | 259,489 | 3,166 | 9.5% | 93 | 89 |
| Peter Lee | Virginia | 64,743 | 3,988,012 | 821,116 | 100.6% | 8 | 8 |
| John Chane | Washington | 32,333 | 4,373,843 | 731,000 | 81.4% | 7 | 50 |
| Barry Howe | West Missouri | 9,916 | 1,498,885 | 293,766 | 100.0% | 48 | 19 |
| Don E. Johnson | West Tennessee | 7,625 | 1,767,483 | 138,646 | 39.6% | 41 | 77 |
| Gary Lillibridge | West Texas | 21,725 | n/a | 52,408 | n/a | 105 | 100 |
| W. Michie 'Mike' Klusmeyer | West Virginia | 7,695 | n/a | 142,427 | n/a | 101 | 96 |
| James M. Adams | Western Kansas | 1,940 | 312,088 | 17,433 | 39.1% | 91 | 78 |
| D. Bruce MacPherson | Western Louisiana | 10,313 | 1,072,732 | 101,393 | 49.6% | 65 | 70 |
| Gordon Scruton | Western Massachusetts | 13,790 | 2,033,656 | 406,068 | 100.0% | 34 | 17 |
| Robert Gepert | Western Michigan | 11,400 | 895,406 | 84,247 | 50.4% | 68 | 69 |
| Michael Garrison | Western New York | 10,811 | 815,525 | 158,781 | 105.7% | 71 | 1 |
| G. Porter Taylor | Western North Carolina | 14,034 | 1,434,195 | 244,957 | 87.4% | 52 | 46 |
| Bruce Caldwell | Wyoming | 6,296 | 695,238 | 125,000 | 100.0% | 74 | 21 |
Using the ranks above, I subtracted each diocese's` rank in giving from its rank in income, with these results at each extreme:
Vacant, Alaska, 87Those who rank lower in income and higher in giving
Vacant, Eastern Oregon, 73
Alfredo Morante, Litoral Ecuador, 72
Michael Garrison, Western New York, 70
F. Neff Powell, Southwestern Virginia, 64
Dan Edwards, Nevada, 63
James E. Waggoner, Jr., Spokane, 61
Dean Wolfe, Kansas, 55
Bruce Caldwell, Wyoming, 53
James Shand, Easton, 40
Brian Thom, Idaho, 40
Joe Burnett, Nebraska, 40
Stacy Sauls, Lexington, 35
Nathan Dwight Baxter, Central Pennsylvania, 33
Vacant, Eau Claire, 33
Prince Singh, Rochester, 33
Katharine Jefferts Schori/Pierre Whalon, The Convocation of American
Churches in Europe, 32
Robert Fitzpatrick, Hawaii, 31
Wayne Wright, Delaware, 30
V. Gene Robinson, New Hampshire, 29
Barry Howe, West Missouri, 29
Gladstone B. 'Skip' Adams, Central New York, 28
Those who rank higher in income and lower in giving
James Stanton, Dallas, -94
James Mathes, San Diego, -82
Don Wimberly, Texas, -79
Edward J. Konieczny, Oklahoma, -71
Jack Iker, Fort Worth, -63
Mark J. Lawrence, South Carolina, -61
John W. Howe, Central Florida, -59
Vacant, San Joaquin, -55
Robert O'Neill, Colorado, -46
John Chane, Washington, -43
Dabney Smith, Southwest Florida, -38
Vacant, Southern Virginia, -37
Philip Duncan, Central Gulf Coast, -36
Carolyn Irish, Utah, -36
Don E. Johnson, West Tennessee, -36
John C. Bauerschmidt, Tennessee, -35
Vacant, Rio Grande, -33
Dorsey F. Henderson, Upper South Carolina, -31
Orris G. Walker, Long Island, -30
Leopold Frade, Southeast Florida, -30
Obviously stewardship patterns evolve over a long period and are not often changed quickly. Incumbents vary in their responsibility for these results. Those who have been bishops for a long period of time deserve a larger part of the credit (or blame) for a diocesan record than do those who are newly arrived or have been in place for only a short time.
The 151 bishops active in the 100 domestic dioceses oversee flocks
of varied sizes:. Clearly bishops in the great heartland of the Midwest
and bishop on the west coast oversee fewer communicants than do those elsewhere.
Click here to see a map of the provinces.
Parallel information in the House of Deputies.
cAs in 2003, four percent of our domestic diocesan bishops are African American -- N Baxter, CPA, M Curry, NC, W Gibbs, MI, and O Walker, LI
African Americans 9.6% of the 7.3% of the House of Deputies (up from 7.3% in 2003) and 12.3% of all Americans. In A Report on Episcopal Church in the United States, Dr. Kirk Hadaway reported that only 2.5% of all Episcopalians are African American .
Seventy-two percent of all active Caucasian TEC bishops are diocesans;
only 43.4% of all active African American Bishops are diocesans, but that is up from just 27% in 2003. An African American still has more chance of being elected a
bishop suffragan than being elected an ordinary.
| Lloyd Allen Bishop of Honduras.  |
David Andres Alvarez-Velazquez Bishop of Puerto Rico.  |
Nathan Dwight Baxter Bishop of Central Pennsylvania.  |
| Maurice Benitez Retired Bishop of Texas.  |
Sergio Carranza-Gomez Resigned Bishop of Mexico and Assistant Bishop of Los Angeles.  |
Richard Chang Retired Bishop of Hawaii.  |
| Steven Charleston Former Bishop of Alaska, Assistant Bishop of California.  |
John C. T. Chien Retired Bishop of Taiwan.  |
William Choi Retired Collegial Bishop. |
| Clarence Coleridge Retired Bishop of Connecticut.  |
Michael Curry Bishop of North Carolina.  |
Theodore A. Daniels Retired Bishop of Virgin Islands.  |
| Francisco Duque-Gomez Bishop of Colombia.  |
J. Zache Duracin Bishop of Haiti.  |
Philip Elder Retired Collegial Bishop. |
| Leopold Frade Bishop of Southeast Florida.  |
Carol Gallagher Resigned Bishop Suffragan of Southern Virginia. |
Wendell Gibbs Bishop of Michigan.  |
| Edward Ambrose Gumbs Bishop of Virgin Islands.  |
Barbara Harris Retired Bishop Suffragan of Massachusetts and Assisting Bishop of Washington. |
Gayle Elizabeth Harris Bishop Suffragan of Massachusetts. |
| Julio C. Holguin-Khoury Bishop of Dominican Republic.  |
Telesforo Isaac Retired Bishop of the Dominican Republic.  |
Johncy Itty Resigned Bishop of Oregon.  |
| David Jung-Hsin Lai Bishop of Taiwan.  |
Richard B. Martin Retired Bishop Suffragan of Long Island.  |
Bernardo Merino-Botero Retired Bishop of Colombia. |
| Alfredo Morante Bishop of Litoral Ecuador.  |
Benoni Ogwal-Abwang Formerly Bishop of Northern Uganda and Currently Rector of St. Simon of Cyrene in New Rochelle, Diocese of New York.  |
James Ottley Resigned Bishop of Panama and Assisting Bishop of Southeast Florida.  |
| Hugo Luis Pina-Lopez Resigned Bishop of Honduras and Assistant Bishop of Central Florida.  |
Wilfrido Ramos-Orench Bishop of Central Ecuador.  |
F. Reus-Froylan Retired Bishop of Puerto Rico. |
| Bavi 'Nedi' Rivera Bishop Suffragan of Olympia. |
Creighton Robertson Bishop of South Dakota.  |
Sylvestre Donato Romero-Palma Resigned Bishop of Belize and Assisting Bishop of New Jersey.  |
| Victor Scantlebury Resigned Bishop Suffragan of Panama, Assisting Bishop of Chicago.  |
Prince Singh Bishop of Rochester.  |
Onell Soto Retired Bishop of Venezuela.  |
| Eugene Sutton Bishop-Elect of Maryland.  |
Chester L. Talton Bishop Suffragan of Los Angeles.  |
E. Don Taylor Resigned Bishop of Virgin Islands and Assistant Bishop of New York.  |
| Franklin Turner Retired Bishop Suffragan of Pennsylvania.  |
Orris G. Walker Bishop of Long Island.  |
William Wantland Assisting Bishop of Fort Worth and Retired Bishop of Eau Claire.  |
| Arthur Williams Assisting Bishop and Retired Bishop Suffragan of Ohio.  |
Artemio M. 'Tim' Zabala Resigned Bishop of the Northern Philippines and Rector, Holy Trinity & St. Benedict's, Alhambra in the Diocese of Los Angeles.  |
The average currently active bishop was born on 8/11/1949, was ordained as a priest on 3/27/1980, and was consecrated on May 5, 1999 at an average age of 49.7.
Bishops who became priests after other careers
Many bishops, like an increasing number of other clergy, came into the the Episcopal ministry after other careers. Twenty-one (13.8%)of TEC's 152 active bishops were ordained to the priesthood at age 35+. That's up from 11% in 2003. Six of these (28.6%) are females -- including our Presiding Bishop, for whom the priesthood was not opened until 1976:
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L Benfield, AR, 35.5 J Curry, CT, 37.4 F Duque-Gomez, Colomb, 41.2 D Edwards, NV, 41.3 R Gepert, WMI, 37.3 E Gumbs, VI, 39.1 B Harris, W, 50.4 |
S-E Harrison, TX, 41.0 T Irish, UT, 43.7 K Jefferts Schori, PB, 40.7 E Konieczny, OK, 39.9 J Lamb, NCA, 36.9 C Robertson, SD, 46.2 C Roskam, NY, 41.6 |
A Scarfe, IA, 36.6 P Singh, Roch, 38.0 E Sutton, MD, 42.3 GP Taylor, WNC, 43.6 W Wantland, Eau, 36.2 C Waynick, Ind, 37.9 D Wolfe, KS, 37.0 |
Click here to review parallel data on the
ordination patterns of clergy deputies.
Legislative committees serve during General Convention. All proposed legislation is assigned an appropriate legislative committee. Committees typically hold hearings on and draft the final versions of all legislation considered on the floor of General Convention, responding to proposals from dioceses, deputies, bishops, and interim bodies.
These assignments have not been announced. I expect to post them here when they become public, likely soon after January 2009.
All the errors here are mine, and I would appreciate continuing help with them. Note: Biographical data was derived from the Electronic Clerical Directory and from the hard copy editions for several years. The Directory is published by ChurchPublishing.org.
I also made extensive use of the Episcopal Church Annual (a.k.a, The Red Book, especially its 2008 hard copy edition.
Many diocesan websites provided important information.
I am grateful to those in the scholarly community who have pointed me to important sources of data and to persons who would sharpen my analysis.
I am particularly grateful to the many, many people who have encouraged this work while coming at a whole host of issues from theologically different perspectives. I rejoice in several important friendships that such collaboration has started or moved into even richer dimensions.
Most of all I am grateful to my husband, Ernest Clay, who patiently waited out my huge absorption with this project over the last 15 years for now coming up on seven General Conventions. As Mother would say, "There are stars in your crown, stars in your crown."
--Louie/Lutibelle
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