Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana

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Diocese of Northern Indiana
File:Diocese of Northern Indiana seal.jpg
Location
Ecclesiastical province Province V
Statistics
Congregations 36 (2014)
Members 4,256 (2014)
Information
Rite Episcopal
Cathedral Cathedral of St. James, South Bend
Current leadership
Bishop Edward S. Little II
Map
Location of the Diocese of Northern Indiana
Location of the Diocese of Northern Indiana
Website
ednin.org

The Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana, originally called the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan City, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the northern one-third of Indiana. It is in Province 5 and its cathedral, the Cathedral of St. James, is in South Bend, as are the diocesan offices.[1]

Description

The Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana has 36 parishes and missions in 31 counties of northern Indiana. Except for Tippecanoe County, all counties in the state straddling or lying north of 400 30' North latitude are in the diocese. Fort Wayne is the largest city in the diocese followed by South Bend, Gary, Hammond, and Elkhart. Cities in the diocese with more than one parish are Fort Wayne and South Bend with three each, and Elkhart, Gary and Michigan City with two each.

History

In October, 1888, the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America approved splitting the Episcopal Diocese of Indiana into the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan City covering the northern one-third of the state and the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis covering the rest. John Hazen White, the Bishop of Indiana at the time elected to become bishop of Michigan City and was consecrated on April 25, 1899. A new bishop was elected for Indianapolis and he was consecrated September 21, 1899.[2]

Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana

Current bishop

Edward S. Little II, is the seventh and current bishop of the diocese. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California and a master's degree in divinity and an honorary doctorate from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois.[3] Douglas Sparks is the bishop-elect.

List of bishops

The bishops of Northern Indiana have been:[4]

St. James Memorial Chapel

The first four bishops of Northern Indiana are buried in the crypt of St. James Memorial Chapel on the grounds of Howe Military School in Howe, Indiana. The wives of the first three bishops are also buried there.[5] Note: The fifth bishop, William C. R. Sheridan, who died September 24, 2005, at his home in Culver, Indiana, was buried in New Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth, Indiana.[6]

See also

Bibliography

St. James Cathedral in South Bend
  • Lilly, Eli, History of the Little Church on the Circle: Christ Church Parish, Indianapolis, 1837-1953 (Indianapolis:Christ Episcopal Church, 1957, while it is a parish history of what is now the cathedral of the Diocese of Indianapolis, contains some material on the early history of the Episcopal Church in Indiana and Jackson Kemper, Missionary Bishop of Indiana and Missouri. It also has information on the split of the state into two dioceses.

References

  1. ↑ Episcopal Church Annual, 2004, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 304-305
  2. ↑ Lilly, Eli, History of the Little Church on the Circle: Christ Church Parish, Indianapolis, 1837-1953 (1957) Indianapolis:Christ Episcopal Church, p.263
  3. ↑ Episcopal Clerical Directory, 2005, revised edition, New York: Church Publishing, p. 547.
  4. ↑ Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 304
  5. ↑ LaGrange County Cemetery Burial listing
  6. ↑ Marshall County, Indiana, obituaries

External links

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