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Seal of the Diocese of California
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Location of the Diocese of California
Location of the Diocese of California

The Episcopal Diocese of California is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA) in Northern California. In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop. The Episcopal Church is the official name of the Province of the Anglican Communion in the United States. Northern California is the northern portion of the US state of California. The founding Episcopal diocese in the state, once encompassing all of California, today the diocese comprises Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo Counties, and the cities of Los Altos and part of Palo Alto in Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Alameda County is a county in the US state of California. It occupies most of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Contra Costa County ( Spanish for "opposite coast" is a suburban county in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U March 11, 1889 | The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city San Mateo County ( "san muh-TAY-o") ( Spanish for: St Los Altos (lɑːˈsæltoʊs is a city at the southern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Palo Alto (ˌpæloʊˈæltoʊ from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high" i Santa Clara County is a County located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, or the Bay, is a geographically and ethnically diverse metropolitan region that surrounds the The see city is San Francisco, California and the diocesan cathedral is Grace Cathedral on top of Nob Hill. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral Nob Hill refers to a small district in San Francisco California adjacent to the intersection of California and Powell streets (and the respective cable car lines The current bishop of the Diocese, its eighth, is the Right Reverend Marc Handley Andrus, formerly Suffragan Bishop of Alabama, who was invested with the office on July 22, 2006, succeeding the Rt. A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight Marc Handley Andrus is the Eighth Bishop of California in The Episcopal Church. The Episcopal Diocese of Alabama is the Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America including most of the State of Alabama with the Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Rev. William E. Swing.

Contents

History

Bishops of the Diocese of California

Suffragan Bishops of the Diocese

Bishop Succession Controversy

In October 2004 Bishop Swing announced his retirement at the Diocesan Convention. William Ingraham Kip (1811-1893 was an American Protestant Episcopal Bishop. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Albert Pike ( February 14, 1913 - September 1969 was an American Episcopal Bishop, prolific writer and one of the first Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Marc Handley Andrus is the Eighth Bishop of California in The Episcopal Church. The present is the Time that is perceived directly not as a recollection or a speculation Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) By early 2006, after a search process, a slate of seven finalists were presented to the diocese as candidates to succeed of Bishop Swing. Among the seven finalists were three homosexuals; a lesbian and two gay men in long term relationships with their partners.

Normally, the election of a bishop is a local affair in which a bishop is elected with little fanfare and later confirmed by the General Convention of the ECUSA. But with the inclusion of three homosexual candidates and the 2003 consecration of Gene Robinson as the Bishop of New Hampshire this election became widely watched by many in the Anglican Communion. The Right Reverend V Gene Robinson (born May 29 1947) is the ninth Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church in the The Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, a Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA covers the entire state of New Hampshire See also Anglicanism The Anglican Communion is an international association of national Anglican churches Some feared that the elevation of a second gay bishop would cause a schism between within the ECUSA and in the Anglican Communion[1]. The existence of Homosexual Bishops in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other traditions is a matter of historical record The word schism (ˈsɪzəm or /ˈskɪzəm/ from the Greek σχίσμα skhísma (from σχίζω skhízō, "to tear to split"

The Right Reverend Marc Handley Andrus, Suffragan Bishop of Alabama was elected on the third ballot with the gay candidates receiving only a few votes[2]. A suffragan bishop is a Bishop subordinate to a Metropolitan bishop or Diocesan bishop. The Episcopal Diocese of Alabama is the Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America including most of the State of Alabama with the His election was confirmed at the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in June, 2006. He was invested as the eighth Bishop of California on July 22, 2006, at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Affliated Schools

The diocese operates The Episcopal School for Deacons as a college for training Deacons. The school is located on the grounds of Church Divinity School of the Pacific

References

  1. The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus elected Eighth Bishop of California Sean McConnell, Episcopal Diocese of California, May 6th, 2006
  2. California diocese elects Marc Andrus as bishop Episcopal News Service, May 7, 2006
  3. Episcopalians avoid rift in picking bishop; Many had expected gay leader San Francisco Chronicle, May 7, 2006
  4. Bishop vote avoids gay clergy row BBC News, May 6, 2006
  5. Calif. Episcopalians Elect New Bishop Washington Post, May 6, 2006
  6. Home Page of the Episcopal Diocese of California

External links

Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP is one of the eleven seminaries of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
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