Episcopal Diocese of Idaho

Diocese
name=Episcopal Diocese of Idaho


province=Province VI
bishop= Harry B. Bainbridge, III
cathedral= St. Michael's Episcopal Cathedral, Boise
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website= [http://www.episcopalidaho.org/index.html Episcopal Diocese of Idaho website]

The Episcopal Diocese of Idaho is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over Idaho south of the Salmon River. It also includes one congregation in Wyoming. It is in Province 8 and its cathedral, St. Peter's Episcopal Cathedral, is in Boise, as are the diocesan offices. [ [http://www.episcopalchurch.org/directory_18802_ENG_HTM.htm Episcopal Church online directory] ] [ [http://www.episcopalidaho.org/about/index.html Episcopal Diocese of Idaho history] ]

Current bishop

The Rt. Rev. Harry B. Bainbridge, III, is the 14th and current bishop of Idaho. He has a master's and a doctorate in divinity from in Sewanee, Tennessee. [Episcopal Clerical Directory, 2005, revised edition, New York: Church Publishing, p. 39.]

Due to Bishop Bainbridge's illness, the diocese has started the search process for the transition to a new bishop. [ [http://bishopsearch.episcopalidaho.org/ Diocesan Search website] ]

List of bishops

The bishops of Idaho have been: [Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 213]
# Daniel S. Tuttle, (1867 - 1887)
# Ethelbert Talbot, (187 - 1898),
# James B. Funsten, (1899 - 1918)
# Herman Page, (1919 - 1919}
# Frank H. Touret, (1919 - 1924)
# Herbert H. H. Fox, (1925 - 1926)
# Middleton S. Barnwell, (1926 - 1935)
# Frederick B. Bartlett, (1935 - 1941)
# Frak A. Rhea, (1942 - 1968)
# Norman L. Foote, (1957 - 1972)
# Hanford L. King, Jr., (1972 - 1981)
# David B. Birney, IV, (1982 - 1989)
# John S. Thornton. (1990 - 1998
# Harry B. Bainbridge, III, (1998 - present

ee also

* List of Succession of Bishops for the Episcopal Church, USA

References

External links

* [http://www.episcopalidaho.org/index.html Episcopal Diocese of Idaho website]
* [http://www.episcopalidaho.org/about/index.html Episcopal Diocese of Idaho history]
* [http://www.stmichaelscathedral.org/ St. Michael's Cathedral, Boise]
* [http://www.episcopalchurch.org Official Web site of the Episcopal Church]