Episcopal Diocese of Western New York

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Diocese of Western New York

Diœcesis Novi Eboraci Occidentalis
Sean W. Rowe
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Location of the Diocese of Western New York
Location of the Diocese of Western New York
Website
episcopalwny.org

The Episcopal Diocese of Western New York, is the

St. Paul's Cathedral, is in Buffalo. The diocesan offices are in Tonawanda, New York.[1]

Current bishop

Sean W. Rowe is bishop provisional of Western New York. The diocesan convention elected him to this role on October 26, 2018, when it and the convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania voted to share a bishop and a staff for five years while they explore a partnership.

R. William "Bill" Franklin was the eleventh bishop of Western New York. The Diocese elected him its eleventh Bishop at its 2010 convention. He was consecrated on April 30, 2011, at the university at Buffalo and retired on April 3, 2019. Franklin was born in Mississippi and had previously served in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Previously, J. Michael Garrison was the tenth bishop of Western New York. He has a bachelor's and a master's of religious education from

Roman Catholic Church on April 1, 1975, and ordained a deacon on April 12, 1975. He was ordained a priest on August 25, 1975, and consecrated a bishop on April 24, 1999.[2]

List of bishops

The bishops of Western New York have been:[3]

  1. William H. Delancey, (1839–1865)
    *Arthur C. Coxe, coadjutor bishop
    (1865)
  2. Arthur C. Coxe, (1865–1895)
  3. William D. Walker
    , (1897–1917)
  4. Charles H. Brent, (1919–1929)
    * David L. Ferris, suffragan bishop (1920
    *David L. Ferris, coadjutor bishop (1924)
  5. David L. Ferris, (1929–1931)
    *Cameron Josiah Davis, coadjutor bishop
    (1930)
  6. Cameron Josiah Davis, (1931–1948)
  7. Lauriston L. Scaife, (1948–1970)
    *Harold B. Robinson, coadjutor bishop (1968)
  8. Harold B. Robinson, (1970–1987)
    *David C. Bowman, coadjutor bishop (1986)
  9. David C. Bowman, (1987–1998)
  10. J. Michael Garrison, (1999–2011)
  11. R. William Franklin
    , (2011–2019)
  • Provisional Bishop
     (2019–present)

See also

  • List of Succession of Bishops for the Episcopal Church, USA

References

  1. ^ Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 414-416
  2. ^ Episcopal Clerical Directory, 2005, revised edition, New York: Church Publishing, p.317.
  3. ^ Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 414

External links

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