List of bishops in the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago
This is a list of the bishops in the Episcopal Church, USA for the Diocese of Chicago[1] (called the Diocese of Illinois until 1877).
List of diocesan bishops
| Bishops of Illinois |
|---|
| From |
Until |
Incumbent |
Notes |
|---|
| 1835 |
1852 |
Philander Chase |
Translated from Ohio. |
| 1852 |
1874 |
Henry John Whitehouse |
Coadjutor since 1851. |
| 1875 |
1877 |
William Edward McLaren |
Called Edward (December 15, 1831, Geneva, NY – February 19, 1905, New York, NY); diocese split; became Bishop of Chicago. |
| Bishops of Chicago |
|---|
| 1877 |
1905 |
William Edward McLaren |
Hitherto Bishop of Illinois. |
| 1905 |
1930 |
Charles P. Anderson |
Coadjutor since 1900. |
| 1930 |
1930 |
Sheldon Munson Griswold |
(January 8, 1861, Delhi, NY – November 28, 1930, Evanston, IL) ;previously Mission bishop of Salina. |
| 1930 |
1940 |
George Craig Stewart |
(August 18, 1879, Saginaw, MI – May 2, 1940, Chicago, IL); coadjutor since 1930. |
| 1941 |
1953 |
Wallace E. Conkling |
|
| 1954 |
1971 |
Gerald F. Burrill |
Gerald Francis Burrill (June 8, 1906, Bangor, ME – July 17, 2001, Sarasota, FL); previously suffragan in Dallas. |
| 1971 |
1987 |
James W. Montgomery |
James Winchester Montgomery (born May 29, 1921); coadjutor since 1965. |
| 1987 |
1998 |
Frank T. Griswold |
Coadjutor since 1985. |
| 1998 |
1999 |
Herbert A. Donovan, Jr. |
Herbert Alcorn "Herb" Donovan, Junior (born July 14, 1931); provisional bishop; retired Bishop of Arkansas. |
| 1999 |
2008 |
William D. Persell |
Coadjutor since 1985. |
| 2008 |
present |
Jeff Lee |
Jeffrey Dean Lee |
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| Bishops suffragan |
|---|
| From |
Until |
Incumbent |
Notes |
|---|
| 1911 |
1915 |
William Edward Toll, suffragan bishop |
(died June 28, 1915) |
| 1917 |
1917 |
Sheldon Munson Griswold, suffragan bishop |
|
| 1939 |
1947 |
Edwin J. Randall, suffragan bishop |
Edwin Jarvis Randall (October 24, 1869, Oconomowoc, WI – June 13, 1962, Evanston, IL) |
| 1949 |
1963 |
Charles L. Street, suffragan bishop |
Charles Larrabee Street |
| 1962 |
1965 |
James W. Montgomery, suffragan bishop |
|
| 1972 |
1984 |
Quintin E. Primo, Jr., suffragan bishop |
Quintin Ebenezer Primo, Junior (July 1, 1913, Freedom Grove, GA – January 14, 1998, Hockessin, DE); later interim bishop of Delaware. |
| 1990 |
1997 |
William W. Wiedrich, suffragan bishop |
Called Bill (born August 19, 1931) |
| Assistant bishops |
|---|
| 2000 |
2011 |
Victor A. Scantlebury, assistant bishop |
Victor Alfonso Scantlebury (born March 31, 1945, Colón, Panama); previously suffragan in Panama. |
| 2012 |
present |
C. Christopher Epting, assistant bishop |
(born November 26, 1946); previously bishop of Iowa, Deputy for Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations |
↑Jump back a sectionReferences
- ^ The Episcopal Church Annual. Morehouse Publishing: New York, NY (2005).
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