Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee

Diocese of Milwaukee

Location
Ecclesiastical province	Province V
Statistics
Congregations	58 (2014)
Members	9,182 (2014)
Information
Rite	Episcopal
Cathedral	Cathedral Church of All Saints
Current leadership
Bishop	The Rt. Rev. Steven Andrew Miller
Map
Location of the Diocese of Milwaukee
Website
www.diomil.org

Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee, originally the Diocese of Wisconsin is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America located in the southern area of Wisconsin. It is in Province V (for the Midwest region). The Rt. Reverend Steven Miller is the bishop.

Cathedral

The see city is Milwaukee. Cathedral Church of All Saints, Milwaukee is the mother church.

History

The diocese was formed after Jackson Kemper was named the Episcopal Church's first missionary bishop and oversaw the church's mission to the Northwest Territories from 1835 to 1859. He became provisional bishop of Wisconsin from 1847 to 1854 and first bishop of the Diocese of Wisconsin from 1854 to 1870.^[1]

In 1875 the Diocese of Fond du Lac was created to serve the northeastern 26 counties of the state. The Diocese of Eau Claire, was carved out of the diocese in 1928 for the counties in the northwestern part of Wisconsin. The Diocese of Wisconsin became the Diocese of Milwaukee in 1886.^[2]

Over the last few years the membership has declined from 15,000 to 11,000.

Bishops

Jackson Kemper
William Edmond Armitage
Edward Randolph Welles
Cyrus Frederick Knight
Isaac Lea Nicholson
William Walter Webb
Benjamin Franklin Price Ivins
Donald Hathaway Valentine Hallock (1953-1973)
Charles Thomas Gaskell (1974-1985)
Roger J. White (1985-2003)
Steven Andrew Miller (2003 to present)

Education

Nashotah House, in Nashotah, which is a seminary for the Episcopal Church, and St. John's Northwestern Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin, a private Episcopal military academy, are also located in the Diocese of Milwaukee.

Cadle Mission and Racine College were also located in the diocese.

Parishes in the diocese

St. James Episcopal Church, Milwaukee is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Kenosha is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Milwaukee is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Notes

External links

Provinces and dioceses of the Episcopal Church

Province I	Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont Western Massachusetts

Province II	Albany Central New York Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe Haiti Long Island New Jersey New York Newark Rochester The Virgin Islands Western New York

Province III	Bethlehem Central Pennsylvania Delaware Easton Maryland Northwestern Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Southern Virginia Southwestern Virginia Virginia Washington West Virginia

Province IV	Alabama Atlanta Central Florida Central Gulf Coast East Carolina East Tennessee Florida Georgia Kentucky Lexington Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Southeast Florida Southwest Florida Tennessee Upper South Carolina West Tennessee Western North Carolina

Province V	Chicago Eastern Michigan Eau Claire Fond du Lac Indianapolis Michigan Milwaukee Missouri Northern Indiana Northern Michigan Ohio Southern Ohio Springfield Western Michigan

Province VI	Colorado Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Wyoming

Province VII	Arkansas Dallas Fort Worth Kansas Northwest Texas Oklahoma Rio Grande Texas West Missouri West Texas Western Kansas Western Louisiana

Province VIII	Alaska Arizona California Eastern Oregon El Camino Real Hawaii Idaho Los Angeles Micronesia Navajoland Area Mission Nevada Northern California Olympia Oregon San Diego San Joaquin Spokane Taiwan Utah

Province IX	Colombia Dominican Republic Central Ecuador Litoral Ecuador Honduras Puerto Rico Venezuela

Former jurisdictions	Central America Duluth Eastern Diocese Mexico Philippines Quincy South Florida Western Colorado Western Nebraska

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