Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota

Diocese of North Dakota

Diœcesis Dakotensis Septentrionalis
Location
CountryUnited States
TerritoryNorth Dakota, Clay County, Minnesota
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince VI
Statistics
Congregations19 (2024)[1]
Members2,148 (2023)[2]
Information
DenominationEpiscopal Church
EstablishedOctober 11, 1883 (As Missionary District of North Dakota)
September 24, 1971 (As Diocese of North Dakota)
CathedralGethsemane Cathedral
Current leadership
BishopSede Vacante
Keith Bernard Whitmore (Assisting Bishop)
Map

Location of the Diocese of North Dakota
Website
www.ndepiscopal.org

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.[3]

The most recent diocesan bishop, Michael G. Smith, retired on May 1, 2019,[4] and was subsequently named an assisting bishop in the Diocese of Dallas.[5] He is an enrolled member of the Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma and a graduate of Seabury-Western Theological Seminary.[6]

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.[7]

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.[8] This represented a decrease from 663 ASA in 2015.[9]

List of bishops

The bishops of the diocese have been:[10]

  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-[11]

Congregations

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Explore Individual Parochial Report Trends". General Convention of the Episcopal Church. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Explore Individual Parochial Report Trends". General Convention of the Episcopal Church. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Episcopal Church online directory". Archived from the original on 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  4. ^ "The Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-05-18.
  5. ^ "Our Staff | Episcopal Diocese of Dallas".
  6. ^ "Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota bishop's page". Archived from the original on 2007-08-27. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  7. ^ "BISHOP PROVISIONAL Elected – the Rt. Rev. Thomas Ely – Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota". Archived from the original on 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  8. ^ "Explore Individual Parochial Report Trends". General Convention of the Episcopal Church. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  9. ^ "Explore Individual Parochial Report Trends". General Convention of the Episcopal Church. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  10. ^ Episcopal Church Annual, 2004, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 300
  11. ^ "Bishops of North Dakota – Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota".

Further reading

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

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