Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas

Diocese of Arkansas

*Diœcesis Arkansiana*
Diocese of Arkansas; Diœcesis Arkansiana
	Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Little Rock
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Arkansas
Ecclesiastical province	Province VII
Statistics
Congregations	54 (2021)
Members	13,056 (2021)
Information
Denomination	Episcopal Church
Established	April 24, 1871
Cathedral	Trinity Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop	John T. W. Harmon
Map
	; Location of the Diocese of Arkansas
Website
	episcopalarkansas.org

The Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas is part of the Episcopal Church in the United States and the worldwide Anglican Communion. The Diocese is organized into 56 congregations, with its diocesan office in Little Rock. The seat of the Bishop of Arkansas is Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock.

Missionary bishops over Arkansas
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1838	1841	Leonidas Polk, Missionary Bishop for the Southwest	Consecrated at Christ Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 9, 1838.
1841	c. 1844	James Hervey Otey, Bishop of Tennessee	As Missionary bishop to Arkansas, Mississippi and the Indian Territory.
1844	1858	George W. Freeman, Missionary Bishop of Arkansas	Consecrated at Christ Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 9, 1838.
1858	1859	James Hervey Otey, Bishop of Tennessee	Provisional bishop.
1859	1869	Henry C. Lay, Missionary Bishop of Arkansas	Missionary bishop.
Bishops of Arkansas
1870	1899	Henry Niles Pierce	Missionary bishop and first diocesan bishop (October 19, 1820, Pawtucket, Rhode Island – September 5, 1899, Fayetteville, AR); died in office.
1899	1912	William Montgomery Brown	Coadjutor 1897–1899; Diocesan 1899–1912. Tried for heresy in 1924–1925.
1912	1931	James Ridout Winchester	Coadjutor 1911–12; Diocesan 1912–31. (March 15, 1852, Annapolis, MD – October 27, 1941, Chicago, IL)
		Edward Thomas Demby, suffragan bishop (1918-1939)	(February 13, 1869, Wilmington, DE – October 14, 1957, Cleveland, OH)
1935	1938	Edwin Warren Saphore	Suffragan 1917–35; Diocesan 1935–37. (Died May 22, 1944, Syracuse, NY, aged 89)
1938	1956	Richard Bland Mitchell	Known as Bland.
1956	1970	Robert R. Brown	Coadjutor 1955–56; Diocesan 1956–70. (June 16, 1910, Garden City, KS – February 5, 1994, Little Rock, AR)
1970	1981	Christoph Keller, Jr.	Coadjutor 1967–70; Diocesan 1970–81. (December 22, 1915, Bay City, MI – May 19, 1995, Alexandria, LA)
1981	1993	Herbert A. Donovan, Jr.^{[N 1]}	Herbert Alcorn "Herb" Donovan, Junior (born July 14, 1931); consecrated 1980; now a retired Assisting Bishop in New York.
1994	2007	Larry Maze^{[N 1]}	(born September 13, 1943)
2007	2024	Larry R. Benfield^{[N 1]}	Elected 11 November 2006.
2024	present	John T. W. Harmon	Elected 19 August 2023.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Donovan, Maze and Benfield are officially numbered as XI, XII and XIII bishops respectively.

References

^ "Bishop Consecration". The Episcopal Church in Arkansas. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

External links

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[num-1] Donovan, Maze and Benfield are officially numbered as XI, XII and XIII bishops respectively.

[2] "Bishop Consecration". The Episcopal Church in Arkansas. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

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