Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas

Diocese of Arkansas
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Little Rock
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Province VII
Statistics
Congregations	56 (2014)
Members	13,877 (2014)
Information
Rite	Episcopal
Cathedral	Trinity Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop	The Rt. Rev. Larry R. Benfield
Map
Location of the Diocese of Arkansas
Website
episcopalarkansas.org

The Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas is part of the Episcopal Church in the United States and the worldwide Anglican Communion. The Diocese is organized into 56 congregations, with its diocesan office in Little Rock. The seat of the Bishop of Arkansas is Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock.

Missionary bishops over Arkansas
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1838	1841	Leonidas Polk, Missionary Bishop for the Southwest	Consecrated at Christ Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 9, 1838.
1841	c. 1844	James Hervey Otey, Bishop of Tennessee	As Missionary bishop to Arkansas, Mississippi and the Indian Territory.
1844	1859?	George W. Freeman, Missionary Bishop of Arkansas	Consecrated at Christ Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 9, 1838.
1859	?	Henry C. Lay, Missionary Bishop of Arkansas	Became diocesan bishop.
Bishops of Arkansas
?	1870	Henry C. Lay	Missionary Bishop since 1859; translated to Easton.
1870	1899	Henry Niles Pierce	(October 19, 1820, Pawtucket, Rhode Island – September 5, 1899, Fayetteville, AR); died in office.
1899	1911	William Montgomery Brown	Tried for heresy in 1924–1925.
1911	1932?	James Ridout Winchester	James Ridout Winchester (March 15, 1852, Annapolis, MD – October 27, 1941, Chicago, IL)
Cons. 1918	?	Edward Thomas Demby, suffragan bishop	(February 13, 1869, Wilmington, DE – October 14, 1957, Cleveland, OH)
1932?	1938?	Edwin Warren Saphore	(died May 22, 1944, Syracuse, NY, aged 89); suffragan bishop since 1917.
El. 1938	Ret. 1956	Richard Bland Mitchell	Known as Bland.
1956?	?	Robert R. Brown	Robert Raymond Brown (June 16, 1910, Garden City, KS – February 5, 1994, Little Rock, AR); consecrated 1955.
Cons. 1967	1981	Christoph Keller, Jr.	(December 22, 1915, Bay City, MI – May 19, 1995, Alexandria, LA)
1981?	1993	Herbert A. Donovan, Jr.^{[N 1]}	Herbert Alcorn "Herb" Donovan, Junior (born July 14, 1931); consecrated 1980; now a retired Assisting Bishop in New York.
1994	?	Larry Maze^{[N 1]}	Larry Earl Maze (born September 13, 1943); remains in the diocese as a retired assistant bishop.
2007	present	Larry R. Benfield^{[N 1]}	Elected 11 November 2006.

Notes

1 2 3 Donovan, Maze and Benfield are officially numbered as XI, XII and XIII bishops respectively.

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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

Coordinates: 34°43′58″N 92°16′33″W / 34.732767°N 92.275938°W / 34.732767; -92.275938

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