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Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota

The Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the state of North Dakota plus Clay County, Minnesota. It has 19 congregations in North Dakota and one in Moorhead, Minnesota. It is in Province VI and its cathedral, Gethsemane Episcopal Cathedral, is in Fargo, as are the diocesan offices.

The most recent diocesan bishop, Michael G. Smith, retired on May 1, 2019, and was subsequently named an assisting bishop in the Diocese of Dallas. He is an enrolled member of the Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma and a graduate of Seabury-Western Theological Seminary.

In August 2019, Keith Whitmore, a retired Bishop of Eau Claire, was named assisting bishop in North Dakota. In February 2021, Thomas C. Ely, a retired Bishop of Vermont, was elected bishop provisional.

Statistics

The diocese reported 2,582 members in 2016 and 2,148 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 national parochial reports. Plate and pledge income for the 19 filing congregations of the diocese in 2024 was $835,573. Average Sunday attendance (ASA) in 2024 was 454 persons. This represented a decrease from 663 ASA in 2015.

List of bishops

The bishops of the diocese have been:

  1. William D. Walker, 1883–1896
  2. Samuel Cook Edsall, 1899–1901
  3. Cameron D. Mann, 1902–1913
  4. John Poyntz Tyler, 1914–1931
  5. Frederick B. Bartlett, 1931–1935
  6. Douglass H. Atwill, 1937–1951
  7. Richard R. Emery, 1951–1964
  8. George T. Masuda, 1965–1979
  9. Harold A. Hopkins Jr., 1980–1988
  10. Andrew H. Fairfield, 1989–2003
  11. Michael G. Smith, 2004–2019
  12. Thomas C. Ely, Provisional Bishop, 2021-2024
  13. Brian J. Thom, Provisional Bishop, 2024-

* Keith Whitmore, Assisting Bishop, 2019-

Congregations

  1. All Saints, Minot<br />
  2. All Saints, Valley City<br />
  3. Church of the Advent, Devils Lake<br />
  4. Church of the Cross, Selfridge<br />
  5. Church of the Good Shepherd, Lakota<br />
  6. Gethsemane Cathedral, Fargo<br />
  7. Grace Church, Jamestown<br />
  8. St. Gabriel's Camp, Solen<br />
  9. St. George's Episcopal Memorial Church, Bismarck<br />
  10. St. James’, Cannon Ball<br />
  11. St. John the Divine Episcopal Church (Moorhead, Minnesota)<br />
  12. St. John's, Dickinson<br />
  13. St. Luke's, Fort Yates<br />
  14. Sts. Mary and Mark, Oakes<br />
  15. St. Michael and All Angels, Cartwright<br />
  16. St. Paul's, Grand Forks<br />
  17. St. Paul's, White Shield<br />
  18. St. Peter's, Walhalla<br />
  19. St. Peter's, Williston<br />
  20. St. Stephen's, Fargo<br />
  21. St. Sylvan's, Dunseith<br />
  22. St. Thomas, Fort Totten

See also

References

Further reading

  • God giveth the increase; the history of the Episcopal Church in North Dakota, Robert P Wilkins and Wynona H Wilkins

External links