Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas

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.^[1] It is in Province 7. Its cathedral, Christ Episcopal Cathedral, is in Salina. The diocesan offices are located in Hutchinson.^[2]

Diocese of Western Kansas
Christ Cathedral in Salina
Diocesan Seal
Location
Country	United States
Territory	The Kansas counties of Barber, Barton, Cheyenne, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Harper, Haskell, Hodgeman, Jewell, Kearny, Kingman, Kiowa, Lane, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Meade, Mitchell, Morton, Ness, Norton, Osborne, Ottawa, Pawnee, Phillips, Pratt, Rawlins, Reno, Republic, Rice, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Saline, Scott, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Smith, Stanton, Stevens, St John, Thomas, Trego, Wallace, and Wichita
Ecclesiastical province	Province VII
Statistics
Congregations	24 (2021)
Members	1,267 (2021)
Information
Denomination	United States
Established	October 15, 1971
Cathedral	Christ Cathedral, Salina
Current leadership
Bishop	Mark A. Cowell
Map
Location of the Diocese of Western Kansas
Website
http://www.diowks.org/

Current bishop

Bishop Mark Cowell was consecrated as the sixth diocesan bishop of Western Kansas on 1 December 2018.^[3]

List of bishops of Western Kansas

The bishops of Western Kansas have been:^[2]

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

1. William Davidson, last missionary bishop (1966–1971), first diocesan bishop (1971–1980)
2. John F. Ashby (1981–1995)
3. Vernon E. Strickland (1995–2002)
4. James M. Adams (2002–2010), resigned in January, 2010
5. Michael Pierce Milliken (2011-2018)
6. Mark Cowell (2018- )

See also

• Christianity portal

• List of Succession of Bishops for the Episcopal Church, USA