List of bishops of the Reformed Episcopal Church

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These are the bishops consecrated in the Reformed Episcopal Church from its founding in 1873 to the present, along with the bishops consecrated in the Free Church of England from REC episcopal succession. [1]

No. Bishop ConsecrationConsecrator [2] [3] Active inNotes
1 George David Cummins (1822–1876)15 November 1866 [4] Hopkins, Smith, Lee New York and Philadelphia Presiding Bishop, 1873-1876 [5]
2 Charles Edward Cheney (1836–1916)14 December 18731 [6] Chicago [7] Presiding Bishop, 1876–1877, 1887–1889
3 William Rufus Nicholson (1822–1901)24 February 18761, 2New York and PhiladelphiaPresiding Bishop, 1879–1883
4 Edward Cridge (1817–1913)16 July 18762, 3Canada (Jurisdiction of the Pacific Coast)
5 Samuel Fallows (1835–1922)16 July 18762, 3Chicago [7] Presiding Bishop, 1877–1879, 1889–1894, 1902–1922 [5]
6 John Sugden (1820–1897)20 August 18764, Price England
7 Thomas Huband Gregg (1840–1896)20 June 18775, 2, 3England
8 Peter Fayssoux Stevens (1830–1910)22 June 18793, 5 South
9 James Allen Latané (1831–1902)22 June 18793, 5New York and PhiladelphiaPresiding Bishop, 1883–1887, 1900-1902 [5]
10 Alfred Spencer Richardson (1842–1907)22 June 18793, 5England
11 Hubert Bower (1835–1895)19 August 18796, 3England
12Edward Wilson (d. 1908)1 July 18803, 9Canada
13Thomas Greenland (1826–1904)11 June 188810, 6, 11England
14Thomas W. Campbell (1851–1918)31 May 18915, 3, 9Canada; Brooklyn, NYPresiding Bishop, 1894-1897 [5]
15 Philip X. Eldridge (1846–1921)24 June 18926, 13England
16 James Renney (d. 1894)24 June 18926, 13England
17 William T. Sabine (1838–1913)23 October 19025, 2New York and Philadelphia
18Herman S. Hoffman (1841–1912)3 June 19035, 8, 17
19 Robert Livingston Rudolph (d. 1930)12 January 19095, 2, 17New York and PhiladelphiaPresiding Bishop, 1922-1930 [5]
20 Manuel Ferrando (1868–1934)12 November 19125, 2, 19Puerto Rico
21Frank Vaughan (d. 1962)25 April 191315 Northern England Bishop Primus, Free Church of England
22Arthur Lorne Pengelley (1879–1922)25 June 19145, 2, 19 South
23Willard Brewing (d. 1960) [7] 24 June 19145, 2, 19Chicago
24Joseph Louis Fenn21 September 192121 Southern England
25 Robert Westly Peach (1863–1936)23 May 192419, 21, 23New York and PhiladelphiaPresiding Bishop, 1930-1936 [5]
26Joseph Edgar Kearney (d. 1981)23 May 193019, 21, 25 South Presiding Bishop, 1951-1957 [5]
27 Frank V. C. Cloak (1876–1953) [7] 9 November 193125, 26ChicagoPresiding Bishop, 1937-1951 [5]
28John Christie Magee (d. 1955)7 July 193221, 24 Southern England
29George Marshall (d. 1945)7 July 193221, 24England
30Alexander Melbourne Hubley (1846–1937)11 May 193327, 29Canada
31 Howard David Higgins (1903–1980)9 January 193726, 27, 29New York and PhiladelphiaPresiding Bishop, 1957-1975 [5]
32 William Culbertson III (1905–1971)30 April 193727, 26, 31New York and Philadelphia
33George W. Forbes-Smith (d. 1976)29 September 193821, 28 Southern England
34Donald Argyle Thompson29 September 193821, 28England
35Archibald R. L. Keevil (1881–1953)11 June 194429, 27Canada
36George A. Veck8 June 194735Canada
37Thomas Cameron21 September 195021, 16, 335 Northern England Bishop Primus, Free Church of England
38Denys A. G. Rankilor (d. 1972)12 December 195436Canada
39William Rodgers18 October 195733, 37England
40 William H. S. Jerdan Jr. (d. 2001)27 May 196031, 32, 26 South Presiding Bishop, 1987-1990 [5]
41Ambrose Martin Bodfish (d. 1973)4 September 196337, 33 Southern England
42James Dudley Burrell (d. 1973)4 September 196337, 33 Northern England
43 Sanco King Rembert (1922–2015)26 May 196631, 32, 40, 26 Southeast
44 Theophilus John Herter (1913–1987)15 June 196635New York and PhiladelphiaPresiding Bishop, 1975-1987 [5]
45William Charles Watkins8 October 196937, 42, 41, 33 Southern England
46Cyril Milner (b. 1916)29 August 197337, 42, 45 Northern England Bishop Primus, Free Church of England
47 Franklin Henry Sellers (1926–2016)5 December 197431, 44, 26ChicagoPresiding Bishop, 1990-1996 [5]
48 Leonard W. Riches (1939–2024)14 June 197544, 31, 40, 43, 47New York and Philadelphia/Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Presiding Bishop, 1996–2014
49Arthur Ward11 September 197646, 37, 44, White Southern England
50 Daniel Gilbert Cox (1931–2021)6 June 198444, 40, 43, 48, 47
51 Royal U. Grote Jr. (1946–2016)7 June 198444, 40, 43, 48, 47 Mid-America Presiding Bishop, 2014–2016
52James Cortez West (1944–2006)24 June 198444, 50, 51, 40, 43, 48, 47 Southeast
53 Kenneth J. W. Powell 1 October 198646, 49 Southern England Bishop Primus, Free Church of England
54Robert Harold Booth (1929–2020)14 June 199048, 51, 43, 52
55 Michael Fedechko (1937–2019)19 August 199351, 54, 53Canada
56 E. A. "Ted" Follows (1926–2013)12 September 199351, 54, 55Canada
57Gregory Keith Hotchkiss8 June 199648, 54, 50, 51, 43Renounced episcopal office, 30 November 2003 [3]
58 George Brian Fincke (1953–2016)21 June 199648, 43, 52, 51Served in Anglican Province of America
59 Charles Dorrington (b. 1940)23 June 199648, 51, 43, 52, 56 Western Canada and Alaska
60 Daniel R. Morse (b. 1944)23 August 199648, 47, 57, 43, 52, 51, 55, 59 Central States
61Oommen Samuel15 September 199648, 50, 55, 54, 57
62John Barry Shucksmith (1937–2022)19 August 199346, 53, 48England
63 Ray R. Sutton (b. 1950)29 July 199948, 53, 51, 60, 52, 43, 54, 58, Grundorf Mid-America Presiding Bishop, 2016–present
64John McLean11 September 199953, 48, 51England
65Arthur Bentley-Taylor19 August 199353, 54, 51 Northern England
66 David L. Hicks (b. 1963)16 July 200548, 51, 63, 52, 54, 50, 61, 58, Grundorf, Boyce Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
67Paul Nigel Hunt (b. 1952)22 July 200653, 64, 51, Sutton Southern England
68 John R. K. Fenwick 22 July 200664, 53, 51, Sutton Northern England Bishop Primus, Free Church of England
69Gerhard Meyer22 October 200658, 51, 53Germany
70 Alphonza Gadsden Sr. (1945–2025)17 November 200748, 43, 51, 66 Southeast
71 William J. White (b. 1947)17 January 200948, 43, 70, 51, 66, 63 Southeast
72 R. Charles Gillin (b. 1951)29 September 201248, 51, 66, 60, Lipka Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
73 Jasmin Milić (b. 1969)13 May 201351, 67, 69Croatia
74 Peter F. Manto (b. 1950)6 December 2013 Duncan, 48, 51, 66, 60, Ames Central States
75 Raul Willians Mendez Suarez (b. 1951)24 May 201459, Walters, Uchoa Cuba
76Josep Miquel Rossello Ferrer28 September 201468, 67, 69 South America
77 Walter Banek (b. 1952)23 August 2017 Beach, 63, 70, 71, 74, Guernsey, Atwood, Menees, Hobby, Andrews Mid-America
78 Willie J. Hill Jr. (b. 1951)13 June 2022 Beach, 63, 70, 71, 72, 74, 77, Guernsey, Lowenfield, Lebhar, Bryan, Murdoch Southeast
79 William A. Jenkins Sr. (b. 1963)29 April 2023 Beach, 63, 70, 71, 72, 74, 77, 78, Dobbs, Iker Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
80 John Boonzaaijer (b. 1968)15 February 202463, Beach, 68, 69, 70, 72, 74, 77, 78, Ackerman, Atwood, Dobbs, Donison, Lowenfield, Lyons, Tighe, Uchoa Cuba
81 Charlie Camlin (b. 1964)21 March 2024 Beach, 63, 70, 71, 72, 74, 77, 78, 79, 80, Ackerman, Allen, Donison Mid-America
82 Jason Grote 4 June 202563, Wood, 74, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, Ackerman, Allen, Breedlove, Bryan, Guernsey Central States

See also

References

  1. ↑ Price, Annie Darling (1902). A History of the Formation and Growth of the Reformed Episcopal Church, 1873–1902. James M. Armstrong. pp.  264–281.
  2. ↑ "Appendix: Record of Consecrations" (PDF). Journal of the Proceedings of Thirty-Second General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church: 4–7. 1948.
  3. 1 2 "Consecrations of Bishops" (PDF). Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church: 201–210. 2017.
  4. ↑ Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John (1898). Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography. D. Appleton.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Appendix A: Officers of the General Council" (PDF). Journal of the Proceedings of the Fiftieth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church: 220. 2002. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "George David Cummins (1822–1876)". Dickinson College. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "A HISTORY". Diocese of Mid-America. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
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