Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota explained

Jurisdiction:	Diocese
North Dakota
Latin:	Diœcesis Dakotensis Septentrionalis
Territory:	North Dakota, Clay County, Minnesota
Province:	Province VI
Bishop:	Sede Vacante Keith Bernard Whitmore (Assisting Bishop)
Cathedral:	Gethsemane Cathedral
Congregations:	18 (2021)
Members:	2,236 (2021)
Established:	October 11, 1883 (As Missionary District of North Dakota) September 24, 1971 (As Diocese of North Dakota)
Website:	www.ndepiscopal.org
Map:	ECUSA North Dakota.png

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.^[1]

The most recent diocesan bishop, Michael G. Smith, retired on May 1, 2019,^[2] and was subsequently named an assisting bishop in the Diocese of Dallas.^[3] He is an enrolled member of the Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma and is a graduate of Seabury-Western Theological Seminary.^[4]

In August 2019, Keith Whitmore, a retired Bishop of Eau Claire, was named assisting bishop in North Dakota.^[5] In February 2021, Thomas C. Ely, a retired Bishop of Vermont, was elected bishop provisional.^[6]

List of bishops

The bishops of the diocese have been:^[7]

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-

• Keith Whitmore, Assisting Bishop, 2019-^[8]

Congregations

All Saint's, Minot
All Saint's, Valley City
Church of the Advent, Devils Lake
Church of the Cross, Selfridge
Church of the Good Shepherd, Lakota
Gethsemane Cathedral, Fargo
Grace Church, Jamestown
St. Gabriel's Camp, Solen
St. George's Episcopal Memorial Church, Bismarck
St. James’, Cannon Ball
St. John the Divine Episcopal Church (Moorhead, Minnesota)
St. John's, Dickinson
St. Luke's, Fort Yates
Sts. Mary and Mark, Oakes
St. Michaels and All Angel's, Cartwright
St. Paul's, Grand Forks
St. Paul's, White Shield
St. Peter's, Walhalla
St. Peter's, Williston
St. Stephen's, Fargo
St. Sylvan's, Dunseith
St. Thomas, Fort Totten

See also

• Succession of Bishops of The Episcopal Church (U.S.)

Further reading

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

External links

• Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota website
• Gethsemane Episcopal Cathedral website
• Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of North Dakota

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Episcopal Church online directory . 2008-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080311210346/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/directory_18678_ENG_HTM.htm . 2008-03-11 . dead .
2. https://ndepiscopal.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-DDTF-Final-Report-to-Convention-1.pdf
3. Web site: Our Staff | Episcopal Diocese of Dallas.
4. Web site: Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota bishop's page . 2008-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070827011327/http://www.episcopal-nd.org/index.php?action=page_manager_view_single&page_id=4 . 2007-08-27 . dead .
5. https://ndepiscopal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/asst.bp_.announcement.pdf
6. Web site: BISHOP PROVISIONAL Elected – the Rt. Rev. Thomas Ely – Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota. 2021-04-01. 2021-04-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20210416120049/https://ndepiscopal.org/bishop-provisional-nominated-the-rt-rev-thomas-ely/. dead.
7. Episcopal Church Annual, 2004, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 300
8. Web site: Bishops of North Dakota .