Episcopal Diocese of Alaska

Diocese of Alaska
Location
Ecclesiastical province Province VIII
Deaneries Arctic Coast, The Interior, South Central, Southeast
Headquarters Fairbanks, Alaska
Statistics
Congregations 49
Members 7,146 (2014)
Information
Rite Episcopal
Cathedral none
Current leadership
Bishop Mark Lattime
Map

Location of the Diocese of Alaska
Website
episcopalak.org

The Episcopal Diocese of Alaska is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the state of Alaska. Established in 1895, it has the largest geographical reach of any diocese in the Episcopal Church, with approximately 7,000 members spread across 53 congregations.[1] It is in Province 8. It has no cathedral and the diocesan offices are located in Fairbanks.[2]

Bishop of Alaska

Following the resignation in 2007 of Mark MacDonald, Bishop of Alaska, to become the first National Indigenous Bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada, the diocese embarked on a lengthy discernment process about its future leadership. Recognizing that the vacancy would likely be lengthy, the diocesan convention elected as assisting bishop, Rustin R. Kimsey, retired Bishop of Eastern Oregon and former assisting bishop for Navajoland,[3] to exercise episcopal functions pending the election and installation of a new diocesan bishop. In 2009, the diocese announced a process for election of the 8th Bishop of Alaska,[4] and the 35th Diocesan Convention, on April 10, 2010, elected Mark Lattime, Rector of St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Geneseo in the Diocese of Rochester (New York), as the 8th Bishop of Alaska.[5] His episcopal ordination took place on September 4, 2010, at the First United Methodist Church in Anchorage.[6]

List of bishops

Bishops of Alaska
From Until Incumbent Notes
1895 1942 Peter Trimble Rowe Died in office
1943 1948 John Boyd Bentley (February 9, 1896, Hampton, VA – June 12, 1989, Hampton); previously suffragan bishop.
1948 1974 William J. Gordon, Jr. Retired to Michigan as an honorary assistant bishop.
1974 1981 David Cochran David Rea Cochran (April 9, 1915, Buffalo, NY – October 30, 2001)
1981 1991 George Clinton Harris George Clinton Harris (December 19, 1925, Brooklyn, NY – May 7, 2000, Aberdeen, SD)
1991 1996 Steven Charleston (born February 15, 1949, Duncan, OK); later Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School.
1997 2007 Mark MacDonald Mark Lawrence MacDonald (born January 15, 1954); National Indigenous Bishop in Canada (2007–present); assistant bishop in Navajoland (2007–2009).
2010 present Mark Lattime
Source(s): [2][7]
Assistant bishops
1931 1942 John Boyd Bentley, suffragan bishop Elected diocesan bishop.
2007 present Rustin R. Kimsey, assistant bishop Rustin Ray Kimsey (born 20 June 1935, Bend, OR); retired from Eastern Oregon; previously assistant in Navajoland.

Resolutions of the 2007 Diocesan Convention

The 33rd Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska, held in 2007, adopted several resolutions that may, in due course, markedly influence the ministry of the diocese.[8] These resolutions included:

Resolution 2007-01 – Indigenous Suffragan

Resolution 2007-02 – Suffragan Bishop Task Force

Historic parish churches

Several parish churches are listed on the National Register of Historic Places:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Episcopal Diocese of Alaska website
  2. 1 2 Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 124
  3. ↑ News of the Navajoland Area Mission
  4. ↑ Bishop of Alaska Timeline
  5. ↑ Episcopal Life Online item, April 10, 2010.
  6. ↑ Episcopal Life Online item, September 7, 2010.
  7. ↑ Bishops of Alaska
  8. ↑ Bishop Search Profile, 2009, p.20.

External links

Coordinates: 64°50′36.4″N 147°44′23.6″W / 64.843444°N 147.739889°W / 64.843444; -147.739889

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