Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas


The Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas, created in 1971, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over western Kansas. It was formerly the Missionary District of Salina until 1960 and then the Missionary District of Western Kansas until 1971. It is in Province 7. Its cathedral, Christ Episcopal Cathedral, is in Salina. The diocesan offices are located in Hutchinson.

Current bishop

Bishop Mark Cowell was consecrated as the sixth diocesan bishop of Western Kansas on 1 December 2018.

List of bishops of Western Kansas

The bishops of Western Kansas have been:

Missionary

  1. William Davidson, last missionary bishop, first diocesan bishop
  2. John F. Ashby
  3. Vernon E. Strickland
  4. James M. Adams, resigned in January, 2010
  5. Michael Pierce Milliken
  6. Mark Cowell