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The Episcopal Diocese of Chicago is the official organization of the Episcopal Church in Chicago and Northern Illinois, USA. The diocese is served by The Right Reverend Paula Clark, who serves as Bishop of the diocese. The cathedral of the diocese is St. James Cathedral, which is the oldest Episcopal congregation in the city of Chicago.
The Episcopal Church (TEC) is governed by a General Convention and consists of 108 dioceses: 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.
Paula E. Clark is the thirteenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, serving since September 2022. At the time of her election on December 12, 2020, she was Canon to the Ordinary and Chief of Staff in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. There were four other candidates in the election. She was elected unanimously on the fourth ballot. [1]
Lee worked as a rector with declining parishes in both Wisconsin and Washington before being elected Bishop of Chicago. Lee was chosen from a slate of eight nominees. [2] Lee was the 1,026th bishop consecrated for the Episcopal Church. He has served as Bishop Provisional in the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee since April 1, 2021. [3]
In 2006 Persell announced that he would resign as Bishop of Chicago and asked for an election to take place to elect a new bishop. He resigned in 2008 upon the installation of Jeffrey Lee as the new bishop. After leaving the Diocese of Chicago, he became the assisting bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio. [3] [4]
It is the oldest church in the Chicago area of the Anglican Communion and Episcopal tradition, having been founded in 1834. [1] Originally built as a parish church, that building was mostly destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire. Only the bell tower survived, and this was incorporated into the rebuilt church, including the soot-stained stones ...
During his 13 years as Bishop of Chicago, Conkling worked hard to build missions and to reduce the diocese's indebtedness. In 1946, he objected to efforts to liberalize the Episcopal Church's divorce canon. [2] Illness forced him to retire in 1953. [1] He was a bishop associate of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament.
James Winchester Montgomery (May 29, 1921 – October 23, 2019) was an American bishop of the Episcopal Church in Chicago from 1971 to 1987. [1]He served in the US Navy during World War II, before entering Seminary and serving the church in the Chicago area from 1949 to his retirement in 1987.