Episcopal Diocese of Ohio

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Diocese of Ohio

Dioecesis Ohioensis
Trinity Cathedral
LanguageEnglish
Current leadership
BishopAnne B. Jolly
Map
Website
dohio.org

The Diocese of Ohio is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion represented in the United States by The Episcopal Church. It was organized in 1817 and was the first diocese established outside of the original 13 colonies. The first bishop was Philander Chase. Since that time the Diocese has been served by 11 additional bishops. The 12th and current bishop, the Right Reverend Anne B. Jolly was ordained and consecrated as bishop in April 2023.

The Diocese of Ohio is a community of 15,000 baptized members in 80 parishes in the northern 48 counties of the State of Ohio.

Province of the Midwest (Province 5)
.

Originally the diocesan

Trinity Cathedral, the cathedral
of the diocese.

History

As settlers and missionaries moved westward after the Revolutionary War, they brought their faith traditions with them, including those of the newly formed Episcopal Church. In the Ohio Territory, three clergyman served as early missionaries. Efforts in the Ohio Valley were led by Deacon James Kilbourne and Joseph Doddridge, while Roger Searle led efforts in the Western Reserve.[2] Shortly after Ohio was admitted to the Union, the first Episcopal church was established in the state at Worthington, near present-day Columbus in 1804. After years of fruitless petitions and through the hard work of missionaries and others, the General Convention of the Episcopal Church finally granted Ohio a separate diocese in 1818.[3]

Illinois
.

Protestant
expression in the church. In December 1861 Bishop MacIlvaine was part of delegation sent to England by President Abraham Lincoln to assist in counteracting a hostile negative opinion which had arisen following "the Trent Affair."

Upon Bishop McIlvaine's death in 1873,

Cleveland at its northeast corner, in the growing urban areas along Lake Erie. Thomas Augustus Jaggar was then consecrated the first bishop of the new Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio, which had some parishes favoring more Anglo-catholic styles and established its headquarters in Cincinnati
in the state's southwestern corner.

Indiana limestone.[5]
Diocesan offices were located in the adjoining church house, where they remain.

Bishops

Current

Anne B. Jolly was consecrated as the 12th Bishop of Ohio on April 29, 2023"Office of the Bishop". Episcopal Diocese of Ohio.

Former

Bishops who have served the diocese include:

  1. Philander Chase (1819-1832)
  2. Charles Pettit McIlvaine (1832-1873)
  3. Gregory T. Bedell (1873-1889)
  4. William Andrew Leonard (1889-1930)
  5. Warren Lincoln Rogers (1930-1938)
  6. Beverley D. Tucker
    (1938-1952)
  7. Nelson M. Burroughs
    (1952-1967)
  8. John Harris Burt (1967-1983)
  9. James R. Moodey (1983-1994)
  10. J. Clark Grew II (1994-2004)
  11. Mark Hollingsworth, Jr.
    (2004-2023)

Notes

  1. ^ "About the Diocese of Ohio". Episcopal Diocese of Ohio. Archived from the original on 2012-05-16.
  2. JSTOR 10.5325/pennhistory.85.4.0460
    .
  3. ^ "History of the Diocese of Southern Ohio". Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio.
  4. ^ "Episcopalians". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. 2018-05-11.
  5. ^ "Trinity Cathedral". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. 2018-07-14.

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