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The current Diocesan Bishop of Southwest Florida is Douglas Scharf. The cathedral church of the diocese is Cathedral Church of St. Peter in St. Petersburg. The diocesan offices are in Parrish, Florida on the campus of the DaySpring Episcopal Center. The diocese currently comprises 78 churches. [2]
Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina (1785–2012) Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota; Episcopal Diocese of South Florida; Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida; Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio; Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia; Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida; Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia; Episcopal Diocese of Spokane
It is part of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida, and is located at 2304 Periwinkle Way. It was founded on February 6, 1958, by Father Thomas Madden. The first church building was completed on Palm Sunday, 1961. Fr. Madden made Saint Michael's the first church in the diocese and one of the first in Florida to be racially integrated. [1]
Being the largest of the provinces of the Episcopal Church, Province 4 is composed of twenty dioceses in nine states of the Southeastern United States. Included in Province 4 are dioceses located in Alabama , Florida , Georgia , Kentucky , Mississippi , North Carolina , South Carolina , Tennessee , and part of Louisiana .
The Episcopal Church (TEC) is governed by a General Convention and consists of 96 dioceses in the United States proper, plus ten dioceses in other countries or outlying U.S. territories, the diocese of Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, and a diocese for Armed Services and Federal Ministries, for a total of 108 dioceses.
The Episcopal Diocese of South Florida was a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, which was created in 1922 out of what had been the Missionary Jurisdiction of Southern Florida, sometimes called the Missionary District of Southern Florida. which had been split off in 1892 from the Episcopal Diocese of Florida.
William Loftin Hargrave (November 10, 1903 - October 15, 1975) was suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Florida, serving from 1961 to 1969. He served subsequently as first bishop of the new Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida from 1969 to 1975.
Dabney Tyler Smith (December 7, 1953 – October 26, 2024) was the fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida. [1] Bishop Smith retired in December 2022. [ 2 ]