Episcopal Diocese of Kansas
| Diocese of Kansas | |
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| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province VII |
| Statistics | |
| Congregations | 46 |
| Members | 10,823 |
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| Rite | Episcopal |
| Cathedral | Grace Cathedral, Topeka |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | The Rt. Rev. Michael Pierce Milliken, assisting |
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| Website | |
| episcopal-ks.org | |
The Episcopal Diocese of Kansas, established in 1859, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over eastern Kansas. It is in Province 7 and its cathedral, Grace Cathedral, is in Topeka, as are the diocesan offices.
The Right Reverend Michael Milliken is the assisting bishop of Kansas. The eccleastical authority rests with the Standing Committee.
Jackson Kemper, (1789–1870), Missionary, Missouri-Kansas (1837–1859)
Henry Washington Lee, Missionary, Iowa - Kansas (1860–1864)
The first Episcopal services in the Kansas Territory were conducted in 1837 by Bishop Jackson Kemper. In 1859 Bishop Kemper agreed to a convention, at which seven clergy and 11 laymen voted to form the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas. The Diocese constituted the territory of the Kansas Territory. Bishop Henry Washington Lee of Iowa, served as provisional bishop of Kansas from 1860 to 1864. During this time the state of Kansas was established by Congress, and the boundaries of the diocese shrunk to conform to those of the state.
During the territorial era, the diocese formed the College of the Sisters of Bethany. The last legislative act of the Kansas Territorial government was passing the charter of the school.
The bishops of Kansas have been:
In 1864, 26 delegates from 10 organized parishes gathered at diocesan convention and elected the diocese’s first bishop, Thomas Hubbard Vail. Bishop Vail established a hospital in Topeka, Christ Hospital (the successor to that institution, Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center, still bears his name). At the end of his episcopacy, the diocese had expanded to 138 congregations, more than 3,000 communicants and 31 clergy, plus three schools and the hospital.
The Missionary District of Salina was created from the Diocese in 1901. Its territory extends over the western 60 percent of the state and now is known as the Diocese of Western Kansas.
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