Episcopal Diocese of Spokane

Last updated
Diocese of Spokane
Episcopal Diocese of Spokane.png
Location
Ecclesiastical province Province VIII
Statistics
Congregations33 (2022)
Members3,564 (2022)
Information
Rite Episcopal
Cathedral St. John's (Spokane)
Current leadership
Bishop Gretchen Rehberg
Map
ECUSA Spokane.png
Location of the Diocese of Spokane
Website
www.spokanediocese.org

The Episcopal Diocese of Spokane is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in eastern Washington and northern Idaho, United States. Its office and cathedral seat are in Spokane, Washington. The current bishop is Gretchen Rehberg, the first woman to lead the Diocese.

The Diocese of Spokane started as a missionary district in the mid-1860s. One of the earliest missionary priests, Lemuel H. Wells, established twenty-three missions in the late 19th century and became the first Bishop of Spokane in 1892.

The early part of the 20th century saw the growth of Christian education programs. This included the establishment of a summer camp for youth on Lake Coeur d'Alene in northern Idaho. Named after Bishop Edward M. Cross, Camp Cross was one of the first camps in the area; it started out as a summer school in 1923 on Lake Chelan before its current property on Lake Coeur d'Alene was donated by Bishop Page. Camp Cross has become a camp and retreat center serving the needs of young and old alike.

By the mid 20th century, the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Spokane was begun and completed. A striking example of American neo-gothic architecture, the Cathedral dominates the southern skyline of Spokane as it sits high upon a hill overlooking downtown.

The late 20th century saw the establishment of a diocesan housing corporation to bring more housing for the elderly throughout the diocese, as well as the expansion and strengthening of local ministries.

The territory of the Diocese of Spokane has thirty-two congregations and encompasses all of Washington east of the Cascades and the northern Idaho panhandle. Western Washington is within the Diocese of Olympia, and southern Idaho is in the Diocese of Idaho, seated at St. Michael's in Boise.

Bishops

  1. Lemuel Henry Wells (1892–1913)
  2. Herman Page (1915–1923)
  3. Edward Makin Cross (1924–1954)
  4. Russell Sturgis Hubbard (1954–1967)
  5. John Wyatt (1967–1978)
  6. Leigh A. Wallace, Jr. (1979–1990)
  7. Frank Jeffrey Terry, Jr. (1990–1999)
  8. James E. Waggoner, Jr. (2000–2017)
  9. Gretchen Rehberg (2017–Present)

47°38′42″N117°24′35″W / 47.64500°N 117.40972°W / 47.64500; -117.40972

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kootenai County, Idaho</span> County in Idaho, United States

Kootenai County is located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, its population was 171,362, making it the third-most populous county in Idaho and the largest in North Idaho, the county accounting for 45.4% of the region's total population. The county seat and largest city is Coeur d'Alene. The county was established in 1864 and named after the Kootenai tribe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coeur d'Alene, Idaho</span> City in Idaho, United States

Coeur d'Alene is a city and the county seat of Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. It is the most populous city in North Idaho and the principal city of the Coeur d'Alene Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 54,628 at the 2020 census. Coeur d'Alene is a satellite city of Spokane, which is located about thirty miles (50 km) to the west in the state of Washington. The two cities are the key components of the Spokane–Coeur d'Alene Combined Statistical Area, of which Coeur d'Alene is the third-largest city. The city is situated on the north shore of the 25-mile (40 km) long Lake Coeur d'Alene and to the west of the Coeur d'Alene Mountains. Locally, Coeur d'Alene is known as the "Lake City," or simply called by its initials, "CDA."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hayden, Idaho</span> City in Idaho, United States

Hayden is a city in Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. Located in the northern portion of the state, it is a suburb of nearby Coeur d'Alene and its population was 15,570 at the 2020 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spokane River</span> River in Idaho and Washington state, United States

The Spokane River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 111 miles (179 km) long, in northern Idaho and eastern Washington in the United States. It drains a low mountainous area east of the Columbia, passing through the Spokane Valley and the city of Spokane, Washington.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coeur d'Alene people</span> Native American tribe in Idaho, United States

The Coeur d'Alene Tribekur-də-LAYN are a Native American tribe and one of five federally recognized tribes in the state of Idaho.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Idaho panhandle</span> Region of the U.S. state of Idaho

The Idaho panhandle—locally known as North Idaho, Northern Idaho, or simply the Panhandle—is a salient region of the U.S. state of Idaho encompassing the state's 10 northernmost counties: Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, and Shoshone. The panhandle is bordered by the state of Washington to the west, Montana to the east, and the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north. The Idaho panhandle, along with Eastern Washington, makes up the region known as the Inland Northwest, headed by its largest city, Spokane, Washington.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lake Coeur d'Alene</span> Glacial lake in Idaho, US

Lake Coeur d'Alene, officially Coeur d'Alene Lake, is a natural dam-controlled lake in North Idaho, located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. At its northern end is the city of Coeur d'Alene. It spans 25 miles (40 km) in length and ranges from 1 to 3 miles (5 km) wide with over 109 miles (175 km) of shoreline.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Province 8 of the Episcopal Church</span>

Province 8 (VIII), also called the Province of the Pacific, is one of nine ecclesiastical provinces making up the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It is composed of sixteen dioceses in the nine states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Also part of the province are the Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan, which has been a diocese of the Church since 1960; and the Navajoland Area Mission which was established in 1979 to serve the specific spiritual and cultural needs of the Navajo Nation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lemuel H. Wells</span>

Lemuel Henry Wells was the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes</span> Rail trail in Idaho, US

The Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes is a rail trail in the Idaho Panhandle of the United States. It follows the right-of-way of the former Union Pacific Railroad from Mullan, a mountain mining town near the Montana border, westward to Plummer, a town on the prairie near the Washington border. Generally following the Coeur d'Alene River, the rail line was abandoned in 1991, and the trail officially opened in March 2004.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Interstate 90 in Idaho</span> Section of Interstate Highway in Idaho, United States

Interstate 90 (I-90) is a transcontinental Interstate Highway that runs east–west across the northern United States. Within the state of Idaho, the freeway travels for 74 miles (119 km) from the Washington border near Spokane to Coeur d'Alene and the panhandle region at the north end of the state. After traveling through the Silver Valley along the Coeur d'Alene River in the Bitterroot Range, I-90 crosses into Montana at Lookout Pass.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Oregon</span> Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States

The Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Oregon is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America which has jurisdiction over Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains. It also includes Klickitat County, Washington. It is in Province 8. The diocesan office is in Cove, Oregon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North Idaho Centennial Trail</span> Hiking trail in the state of Idaho

The North Idaho Centennial Trail is a 24 miles (39 km) paved trail in Idaho used for transportation and recreational activities. Extending from Higgens Point on the northeast side of Lake Coeur d'Alene, a popular place for bald eagle watchers in early winter, the trail follows the lake's north shoreline to the Spokane River where it follows it to the Idaho/Washington border. On the other side of the state border, the trail becomes the Spokane River Centennial Trail and extends for another 37 miles (60 km) out to Sontag Park in Nine Mile Falls, Washington. The trail passes through the towns of Post Falls, Idaho and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brian Prior</span>

Brian Norman Prior is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church currently serving as the assisting bishop in the Diocese of Alabama.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad</span> Interuban railway in Washington State, U.S.

The Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad Company (S.&I.E.R.R.Co.) was an electrified interurban railway operating in Spokane, Washington and vicinity, extending into northern and central Idaho. The system originated in several predecessor roads beginning c. 1890, incorporated in 1904, and ran under its own name to 1929. It merged into the Great Northern Railway and later, the Burlington Northern Railroad, which operated some roads into the 1980s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Herman Page (father)</span> American Episcopal bishop (1866–1942)

Herman Riddle Page was an American bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. He was the second bishop of the Missionary District of Spokane, fourth bishop of the Idaho, fifth bishop of the Michigan, and fourth bishop of the Northern Michigan. His son, Herman R. Page, Jr., succeeded him as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan.

Patrick W. Bell is the seventh and current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Oregon in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. At his consecration Bell became the 1,093rd Bishop consecrated for the Episcopal Church.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gretchen Rehberg</span>

Gretchen Mary Rehberg is the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edward Makin Cross</span>

Edward Makin Cross (1880–1965) was a bishop of Spokane in The Episcopal Church. He had previously been rector of St. John the Evangelist in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was instrumental in the development of a summer camp on Lake Coeur d'Alene which is named for him.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fort Sherman (Idaho)</span> Former US Army post in Coeur dAlene, Idaho

Fort Sherman (1878–1900) was a military post in the northwest United States, located in northern Idaho at Coeur d'Alene. General William T. Sherman (1820–91) of the U.S. Army had recommended the site after an inspection tour in 1877.