Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas

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Diocese of Arkansas

Diœcesis Arkansiana
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Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Little Rock
Location
Country United States
Territory Arkansas
Ecclesiastical province Province VII
Statistics
Congregations55 (2023)
Members12,956 (2023)
Information
Denomination Episcopal Church
EstablishedApril 24, 1871
Cathedral Trinity Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop John T. W. Harmon
Map
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Location of the Diocese of Arkansas
Website
episcopalarkansas.org

The Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas is part of the Episcopal Church in the United States and the worldwide Anglican Communion. The Diocese is organized into 56 congregations, with its diocesan office in Little Rock. The seat of the Bishop of Arkansas is Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock.

Contents

Missionary bishops over Arkansas
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
18381841 Leonidas Polk , Missionary Bishop for the SouthwestConsecrated at Christ Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 9, 1838.
1841c. 1844 James Hervey Otey , Bishop of TennesseeAs Missionary bishop to Arkansas, Mississippi and the Indian Territory.
18441858 George W. Freeman , Missionary Bishop of ArkansasConsecrated at Christ Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 9, 1838.
18581859 James Hervey Otey , Bishop of TennesseeProvisional bishop.
18591869 Henry C. Lay , Missionary Bishop of ArkansasMissionary bishop.
Bishops of Arkansas
18701899 Henry Niles Pierce Missionary bishop and first diocesan bishop (October 19, 1820, Pawtucket, Rhode Island – September 5, 1899, Fayetteville, AR); died in office.
18991912 William Montgomery Brown Coadjutor 1897–1899; Diocesan 1899–1912. Tried for heresy in 1924–1925.
19121931 James Ridout Winchester Coadjutor 1911–12; Diocesan 1912–31. (March 15, 1852, Annapolis, MD – October 27, 1941, Chicago, IL)
Edward Thomas Demby , suffragan bishop (1918-1939)(February 13, 1869, Wilmington, DE – October 14, 1957, Cleveland, OH)
19351938 Edwin Warren Saphore Suffragan 1917–35; Diocesan 1935–37. (Died May 22, 1944, Syracuse, NY, aged 89)
19381956 Richard Bland Mitchell Known as Bland.
19561970 Robert R. Brown Coadjutor 1955–56; Diocesan 1956–70. (June 16, 1910, Garden City, KS – February 5, 1994, Little Rock, AR)
19701981 Christoph Keller, Jr. Coadjutor 1967–70; Diocesan 1970–81. (December 22, 1915, Bay City, MI – May 19, 1995, Alexandria, LA)
19811993 Herbert A. Donovan, Jr. [N 1] Herbert Alcorn "Herb" Donovan, Junior (born July 14, 1931); consecrated 1980; now a retired Assisting Bishop in New York.
19942007 Larry Maze [N 1] (born September 13, 1943)
20072024 Larry R. Benfield [N 1] Elected 11 November 2006.
2024present John T. W. Harmon Elected 19 August 2023. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Donovan, Maze and Benfield are officially numbered as XI, XII and XIII bishops respectively.

References

  1. ↑ "Bishop Consecration". The Episcopal Church in Arkansas. Retrieved 11 January 2024.


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