Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma
| Diocese of Oklahoma | |
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| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province VII |
| Subdivisions | 6 Regions |
| Statistics | |
| Congregations | 69 (2014) |
| Members | 16,387 (2014) |
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| Rite | Episcopal |
| Cathedral | St. Paul's Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Edward J. Konieczny |
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 Location of the Diocese of Oklahoma |
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| Website | |
| www.episcopaloklahoma.org | |
The Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma dates back to 1837 as a Missionary District of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. The General Convention of the Episcopal Church recognized The Diocese of Oklahoma in 1937. The diocese consists of all Episcopal congregations in the state of Oklahoma. The eighth Bishop and fifth diocesan Bishop is Edward J. Konieczny, consecrated on September 15, 2007.
The see city is Oklahoma City, where St. Paul's Cathedral is located.
Elected bishop of the Missionary District of Oklahoma and Indian Territory on January 6, 1893, Brooke arrived in Guthrie on January 19 and established Trinity Church as his cathedral church until 1908, when he moved the diocesan headquarters to Oklahoma City.
An Illinois native, who served the church in Minnesota, Thurston was consecrated bishop of Eastern Oklahoma at Minneapolis in 1911. The previous year General Convention had divided the state into two dioceses. Thurston was socially liberal and a low churchman like Brooke. He chose Muskogee as his see city and Grace Church as his pro-cathedral.
The Convocation of the church in May 1919, after the death of Brooke, voted to recombine the two districts, and Thurston moved to Oklahoma City and St. Paul's. The move was approved by the national church in October.
Seaman had only recently been consecrated bishop of North Texas in 1925 when he was selected to serve as acting bishop of Oklahoma in 1926 because of the failing health of Thurston. He was a graduate of Sewanee, The University of the South, Tennessee. During his short service to the diocese, Seaman confirmed 270 persons, consecrated St. Paul's Cathedral, and smoothed the way for Casady to lead the state from a missionary district to a diocese.
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