List of bishops in the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago

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This is a list of the bishops in the Episcopal Church, USA for the Diocese of Chicago[1] (called the Diocese of Illinois until 1877).

List of diocesan bishops

Bishops of Illinois
From Until Incumbent Notes
1835 1852 Philander Chase Translated from Ohio.
1852 1874 Henry John Whitehouse Coadjutor since 1851.
1875 1877 William Edward McLaren Called Edward (December 15, 1831, Geneva, NY – February 19, 1905, New York, NY); diocese split; became Bishop of Chicago.
Bishops of Chicago
1877 1905 William Edward McLaren Hitherto Bishop of Illinois.
1905 1930 Charles P. Anderson Coadjutor since 1900.
1930 1930 Sheldon Munson Griswold (January 8, 1861, Delhi, NY – November 28, 1930, Evanston, IL); previously missionary bishop of Salina.
1930 1940 George Craig Stewart (August 18, 1879, Saginaw, MI – May 2, 1940, Chicago, IL); coadjutor since 1930.
1941 1953 Wallace E. Conkling
1954 1971 Gerald F. Burrill Gerald Francis Burrill (June 8, 1906, Bangor, ME – July 17, 2001, Sarasota, FL); previously suffragan in Dallas.
1971 1987 James W. Montgomery James Winchester Montgomery (born May 29, 1921); coadjutor since 1965.
1987 1998 Frank T. Griswold Coadjutor since 1985.
1998 1999 Herbert A. Donovan, Jr. Herbert Alcorn "Herb" Donovan, Junior (born July 14, 1931); provisional bishop; retired Bishop of Arkansas.
1999 2008 William D. Persell Coadjutor since 1985.
2008 present Jeffrey D. Lee Jeffrey Dean Lee

List of other bishops

Bishops suffragan
From Until Incumbent Notes
1911 1915 William Edward Toll, suffragan bishop (died June 28, 1915)
1917 1917 Sheldon Munson Griswold, suffragan bishop
1939 1947 Edwin J. Randall, suffragan bishop Edwin Jarvis Randall (October 24, 1869, Oconomowoc, WI – June 13, 1962, Evanston, IL)
1949 1963 Charles L. Street, suffragan bishop Charles Larrabee Street
1962 1965 James W. Montgomery, suffragan bishop
1972 1984 Quintin E. Primo, Jr., suffragan bishop Quintin Ebenezer Primo, Junior (July 1, 1913, Freedom Grove, GA – January 14, 1998, Hockessin, DE); later interim bishop of Delaware.
1990 1997 William W. Wiedrich, suffragan bishop Called Bill (born August 19, 1931)
Assistant bishops
2000 2011 Victor A. Scantlebury, assistant bishop Victor Alfonso Scantlebury (born March 31, 1945, Colón, Panama); previously suffragan in Panama.
2012 present C. Christopher Epting, assistant bishop (born November 26, 1946); previously bishop of Iowa, Deputy for Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations

See also

References

  1. The Episcopal Church Annual. Morehouse Publishing: New York, NY (2005).

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