Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota

Diocese of North Dakota

Diœcesis Dakotensis Septentrionalis
Location
CountryUnited States
TerritoryNorth Dakota, Clay County, Minnesota
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince VI
Statistics
Congregations18 (2021)
Members2,236 (2021)
Information
DenominationEpiscopal Church
EstablishedOctober 11, 1883 (As Missionary District of North Dakota)
September 24, 1971 (As Diocese of North Dakota)
CathedralGethsemane Cathedral
Current leadership
BishopSede Vacante
Keith Bernard Whitmore (Assisting Bishop)
Map
Location of the Diocese of North Dakota
Location of the Diocese of North Dakota
Website
www.ndepiscopal.org
Gethsemane Cathedral, Fargo

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]

  1. ^ "Episcopal Church online directory". Archived from the original on 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  2. ^ https://ndepiscopal.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-DDTF-Final-Report-to-Convention-1.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ "Our Staff | Episcopal Diocese of Dallas".
  4. ^ "Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota bishop's page". Archived from the original on 2007-08-27. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  5. ^ https://ndepiscopal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/asst.bp_.announcement.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ "BISHOP PROVISIONAL Elected – the Rt. Rev. Thomas Ely – Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota". Archived from the original on 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2021-04-01.