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The Episcopal Diocese of Arizona was established by General Convention in 1959, but its history began 100 years before. Here are some important dates: February 15, 1860: Joseph C. Talbot consecrated at Christ Church, Indianapolis to be Missionary Bishop over the newly organized Northwest jurisdiction, covering nearly 900,000 square miles (2,300,000 km 2), including Nebraska, the Dakotas ...
Harte was awarded the Brotherhood Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews for his work in the prevention of riots in Arizona in the 1960s and 1970s. He served as the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona from 1962 to 1978. He was the founder of the anti-abortion organization Episcopalians for Life in 1967.
On October 20, 2018, she was elected Bishop of Arizona, the sixth bishop after the establishment of the diocese in 1959, and the first woman to serve in that role. She was consecrated on March 9, 2019, by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. She was seated at Trinity Cathedral on April 7, 2019. At the time of her consecration she was the youngest ...
The Episcopal Church (TEC) is governed by a General Convention and consists of 108 dioceses: 96 dioceses in the United States proper, plus ten dioceses in other countries or outlying U.S. territories, the diocese of Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, and a diocese for Armed Services and Federal Ministries.
Joseph Thomas Heistand (March 3, 1924 – October 14, 2008) was a WWII Veteran and later became the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona from 1979 to 1992.
In 1914, Trinity Parish was designated to serve as the pro-cathedral for the Missionary Jurisdiction of Arizona and following the designation of the missionary jurisdiction as a diocese in 1959, Trinity became the fourth true cathedral of the Episcopal Church under the full control of the bishop and chapter in 1988, joining Grace Cathedral of ...
On October 18, 2003, he was elected Bishop of Arizona, the fifth bishop after the establishment of the diocese in 1959. He was consecrated on April 21, 2004, by Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold. Smith received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree in October 2005, from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. In 2013, Smith co-authored. along with ...
St. Mary's church was founded by Episcopalians seeking to establish an Anglo-Catholic community in the Diocese of Arizona. The first Mass was celebrated on the Feast of Christ the King, October 28, 1956, in a Phoenix storefront. Several supply priests served the growing mission parish until the first vicar, the Reverend Rodney Cobb, arrived in ...