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The Episcopal Diocese of Missouri is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over 54 counties in eastern Missouri. It has 42 congregations and is in Province 5. Its cathedral, Christ Church Cathedral, is in St. Louis, as are the diocesan offices. [1] The current bishop is Deon K. Johnson.
On July 18, 1826, Pope Leo XII divided the Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas. One of the new dioceses was the Diocese of St. Louis, which included Missouri along with vast areas of the American Midwest and Great Plains. [3] Because of its size, the diocese was often referred to as the Rome of the West. [18]
The pastor of any particular church other than an ordinariate must be episcopally ordained, but his title conforms to that of his jurisdiction: the pastor of an archdiocese is an archbishop, the pastor of a diocese is a bishop, the pastor of an archeparchy is an archeparch, the pastor of an eparchy is an eparch, and the pastor of an exarchate is an exarch.
Sep. 17—Boys from Joplin and Carthage and a boy and a girl from Neosho are among 11 alleged victims of past sexual abuse by Catholic Church officials cited in a lawsuit filed last week against ...
Deon Kevin Johnson is the eleventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri. He was elected on November 23, 2019, and was consecrated and installed on June 13, 2020. His ordination and consecration was originally scheduled for April 25, 2020, but the coronavirus forced a postponement of the event. He succeeded Wayne Smith as Bishop of Missouri.
The diocese had 77 active diocesan priests, 18 priests from other dioceses, 27 nuns and 101 permanent deacons. The Catholic population was over 76,200. [2] The diocese consists of 38 counties in mainly rural northeastern and central Missouri, and includes the urban areas of Columbia and Jefferson City.
900 Maple St., Bismark, Missouri 63624 [20] Postal: c/o 1020 W. Main St., Park Hills, MO 63601 To be amalgamated into Immaculate Conception (Park Hills) on August 1 ...
William J. Scarlett (October 3, 1883 – March 28, 1973) was Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri, serving from 1930 to 1952. Early life and education