The Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas, created in 1971, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over western Kansas. It was formerly the Missionary District of Salina until 1960 and then the Missionary District of Western Kansas until 1971. It is in Province 7. Its cathedral, Christ Episcopal Cathedral, is in Salina. The diocesan offices are located in Hutchinson.Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 406-407
The diocese reported 1,378 members in 2018 and 1,168 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income for the 21 filing congregations of the diocese in 2024 was $864,476. Average Sunday attendance (ASA) was 399 persons, down from a reported 1,588 in 2020.
Current bishop Bishop Mark Cowell was consecrated as the sixth diocesan bishop of Western Kansas on December 1, 2018.
List of bishops of Western Kansas The bishops of Western Kansas have been:
Missionary Sheldon M. Griswold (1903–1917) John C. Sage (1918–1919) Robert H. Mize (1921–1938) Shirley Hall Nichols (1943–1955) Arnold M. Lewis (1956–1964) William Davidson, last missionary bishop (1966–1971), first diocesan bishop (1971–1980)
Diocesan William Davidson, last missionary bishop (1966–1971), first diocesan bishop (1971–1980) John F. Ashby (1981–1995) Vernon E. Strickland (1995–2002) James M. Adams (2002–2010), resigned in January, 2010 Michael Pierce Milliken (2011–2018) Mark Cowell (2018- )
See also
List of Succession of Bishops for the Episcopal Church, USA
References
External links The Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas website Official Web site of the Episcopal Church