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Diocese of Fond du Lac
Arms of Diocese of Fond du Lac
Province Province V
Bishop Russell Edward Jacobus
Cathedral St. Paul's Cathedral,

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Deaneries 4 active
Congregations 34 plus 2 chapels
Membership over 6600
Website Diocese of Fond du Lac
Map of Diocese of Fond du Lac

The Diocese of Fond du Lac is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing the northeastern third of Wisconsin. An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government so named by analogy with a secular Province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian Province 5 (V also called the Province of the Midwest, is one of nine Ecclesiastical provinces making up the Episcopal Church in the United States of America A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight Russell Edward Jacobus (born 27 September 1944 is the seventh Bishop of the Diocese of Fond du Lac in The Episcopal Church. This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral St Paul's Cathedral is the mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac and is located in Fond du Lac Wisconsin which is the see city Fond du Lac is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Catholic Church and the Church of England. 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. Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States It was created out of the Diocese of Wisconsin in 1875 and took on its current boundaries when the Diocese of Eau Claire was created in 1928. Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee is the Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America located in the southern area of Wisconsin. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire is the Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America located in the western half of Wisconsin. The diocese contains 34 congregations, two chapels and has more than 6,600 baptized members. It is part of Province 5 (the upper Midwest). Province 5 (V also called the Province of the Midwest, is one of nine Ecclesiastical provinces making up the Episcopal Church in the United States of America

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Cathedral

The episcopal see is at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. An episcopal see is the ecclesiastical domain of authority of a Bishop. Fond du Lac is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The Cathedral Church of St. Paul the Apostle is the mother church. St Paul's Cathedral is the mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac and is located in Fond du Lac Wisconsin which is the see city Diocesan offices are in Appleton, Wisconsin. Appleton is a city in Calumet, Outagamie, and Winnebago Counties in the U

Parishes in the diocese

Bishops

The current and seventh bishop of the Diocese is the Rt. Rev. Russell E. Jacobus, who has served since 1994. Russell Edward Jacobus (born 27 September 1944 is the seventh Bishop of the Diocese of Fond du Lac in The Episcopal Church. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)

These are the bishops who have served the Diocese of Fond du Lac:[1]

  1. John Henry Hobart Brown (1875 - 1888)
  2. Charles Chapman Grafton (1889 - 1912)
    * Reginald Heber Weller, Coadjutor Bishop (consecrated 1900)
  3. Reginald Heber Weller (1912 - 1933)
    * Harwood Sturtevant, Coadjutor Bishop (consecrated 1929)
  4. Harwood Sturtevant (1933 - 1956)
    * William Hampton Brady, Coadjutor Bishop (consecrated 1953)
  5. William Hampton Brady (1956 - 1980)
  6. William Louis Stevens (1980 - 1994)

See also

References

Curtiss, A. John Henry Hobart Brown (b January 1, 1831 in New York City - d Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Right Reverend Charles Chapman Grafton (b April 12, 1830 - d Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches who is designated to assist the diocesan bishop Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches who is designated to assist the diocesan bishop Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches who is designated to assist the diocesan bishop Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) This list consists of the Bishops in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, a province of the Anglican Communion. Parker (1925). History of the Diocese of Fond du Lac and Its Several Congregations. Fond du Lac, Wisconsin: P. B. Haber Printing.  “Compiled Under The Direction of The Bishop, in Commemoration of its FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY” 

Notes

  1. ^ The Episcopal Church Annual. Morehouse Publishing: New York, NY (2005)

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