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Initially the position of Presiding Bishop rotated geographically. After 1795 the Presiding Bishop was the senior bishop in order of consecration. Starting in 1926, the office became elective, the Presiding Bishop being chosen at General Convention by vote by all bishops, and approved by the House of Deputies. The office now has a nine-year term.
"PB" refers to whether the bishop became a Presiding Bishop in TEC and, if so, which number in the sequence. Under consecrators, one finds numbers or letters referencing previous bishops on the list. If a series of letters is under "Consecrators", then the consecrators were bishops or archbishops from outside of the ECUSA:
Pages in category "Presiding Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The following is a list of bishops who currently lead dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States and its territories. Also included in the list are suffragan bishops , provisional bishops , coadjutor bishops , and assistant bishops .
The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts is one of the nine original Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States, officially organized in 1784, five years before the Episcopal Church itself, its first bishop was consecrated in 1797.
Sean Rowe, a 49-year-old bishop from western Pennsylvania, on Wednesday became the youngest person ever elected as leader of the Episcopal Church. Rowe, who leads two small dioceses along Lake ...
Media in category "Bishops of the Episcopal Church (United States)" The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. BishopLambert.jpg 3,257 × 5,000; 3.71 MB
Brian Seage, bishop of the Episcopal Church of Mississippi, reads a statement from Working Together Mississippi, a diverse coalition of faith and civic institutions, outside St. Peter's Cathedral ...