Episcopal Diocese of Central New York

The Episcopal Diocese of Central New York is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America that comprises 14 counties in Central New York. It is one of ten dioceses, plus the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, that make up Province 2 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

Diocese of Central New York
Seal of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York State, USA
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Counties of Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Seneca, Tioga, and Tompkins, New York
Ecclesiastical province	Province 2
Statistics
Population Total	(as of 2021) 9,776
Parishes	82 (2021)
Information
Denomination	Episcopal Church
Established	November 10, 1868
Cathedral	Saint Paul's Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop	DeDe Duncan-Probe
Map
Location of the Diocese of Central New York
Website
Website of the Diocese

The diocesan bishop is DeDe Duncan-Probe, eleventh bishop of Central New York, and the diocese's first female bishop. Youth ministry includes C.A.R.E. which makes mission trips.

The diocese has also facilitated Mission of Miracles, an annual volunteer medical mission trip to the Diocese of El Salvador, with which the diocese has a long-standing companion relationship.^[1]

As of 2013, the diocese had a membership of 12,307 down from 21,000 in 2003.^[2]

List of bishops

Bishops of Central New York
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1869	1904	Frederic Dan Huntington	Died in office.
1904	1924	Charles Tyler Olmstead	(died March 29, 1924, aged 82); previously coadjutor since 1902; died in office.
1924	1936	Charles Fiske	(c. 1863–64, New Brunswick, New Jersey – January 8, 1942, Baltimore); previously coadjutor since 1915; retired.
1936	1942	Edward H. Coley	Edward Huntington Coley (August 22, 1861, Westfield, Connecticut – June 6, 1949, Utica, New York); previously suffragan since 1924; retired.
1942	1960	Malcolm E. Peabody	Malcolm Endicott Peabody (June 12, 1888, Danvers, Massachusetts – June 20, 1974); previously coadjutor since 1938; retired. Father of the Governor of Massachusetts Endicott Peabody.
1960	1969	Walter M. Higley	Walter Maydole Higley (January 23, 1899, New York City – May 11, 1969); previously suffragan since 1948; died shortly after retirement.
1969	1983	Ned Cole	previously coadjutor since 1963; retired.
1983	1992	O'Kelley Whitaker	(born December 26, 1926, Durham, North Carolina); previously coadjutor since 1981; retired to Southern Virginia.
1992	2000	David B. Joslin	David Bruce Joslin (born January 8, 1936); previously coadjutor since 1991; retired to New Jersey.
2000	2001	David Bowman, Assisting bishop	David C. Bowman (born November 15, 1932); retired from Western New York; assisting bishop during interregnum; moved to Ohio.
2001	2016	Gladstone B. Adams III	Gladstone Bailey "Skip" Adams III (born July 26, 1952); previously served at parishes in Maryland, New Hampshire, and Upstate New York; later served as provisional bishop in South Carolina and Michigan.
2016	present	DeDe Duncan-Probe	Previously served at parishes in Massachusetts, Virginia, etc.