Episcopal Diocese of Idaho

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Episcopal Diocese of Idaho
Arms of Episcopal Diocese of Idaho
Province Province VI
Bishop Harry B. Bainbridge, III
Cathedral St. Michael's Episcopal Cathedral, Boise
Subdivisions
Parishes
Membership
Website Episcopal Diocese of Idaho website


Location of the Diocese of Idaho
Location of the Diocese of Idaho

The Episcopal Diocese of Idaho is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over Idaho south of the Salmon River. It also includes one congregation in Wyoming. It is in Province 8 and its cathedral, St. Peter's Episcopal Cathedral, is in Boise, as are the diocesan offices.[1][2]

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[edit] Current bishop

The Rt. Rev. Harry B. Bainbridge, III, is the 14th and current bishop of Idaho. He has a master's and a doctorate in divinity from The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.[3]

Due to Bishop Bainbridge's illness, the diocese has started the search process for the transition to a new bishop.[4]

[edit] List of bishops

The bishops of Idaho have been:[5]

  1. Daniel S. Tuttle, (1867 - 1887)
  2. Ethelbert Talbot, (187 - 1898),
  3. James B. Funsten, (1899 - 1918)
  4. Herman Page, (1919 - 1919}
  5. Frank H. Touret, (1919 - 1924)
  6. Herbert H. H. Fox, (1925 - 1926)
  7. Middleton S. Barnwell, (1926 - 1935)
  8. Frederick B. Bartlett, (1935 - 1941)
  9. Frak A. Rhea, (1942 - 1968)
  10. Norman L. Foote, (1957 - 1972)
  11. Hanford L. King, Jr., (1972 - 1981)
  12. David B. Birney, IV, (1982 - 1989)
  13. John S. Thornton. (1990 - 1998
  14. Harry B. Bainbridge, III, (1998 - present

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Episcopal Church online directory
  2. ^ Episcopal Diocese of Idaho history
  3. ^ Episcopal Clerical Directory, 2005, revised edition, New York: Church Publishing, p. 39.
  4. ^ Diocesan Search website
  5. ^ Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 213

[edit] External links