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Episcopal Diocese Of Minnesota
The Episcopal Church in Minnesota, formerly known as the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota, is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America which has jurisdiction over all of Minnesota, except Clay County, which is in the Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota. It is in Province VI and its offices are in Minneapolis. It has two cathedrals: the Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour in Faribault and St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Minneapolis. As of December 2013, there were 20,964 members. It has 110 faith communities (this includes 105 churches and the organizations Episcopal Homes of Minnesota, the Episcopal House of Prayer, The Sheltering Arms Foundation, Breck School, and Shattuck-St. Mary’s School). It is affiliated with the Minnesota Council of Churches, The Joint Religious Legislative Coalition, and The Resource Center for Churches. Henry Benjamin Whipple was the first bishop of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota. Craig Loya is the current bishop. The Dioc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Church, based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere, is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church is Michael Bruce Curry, the first African-American bishop to serve in that position. As of 2022, the Episcopal Church had 1,678,157 members, of whom the majority were in the United States. it was the nation's 14th largest denomination. Note: The number of members given here is the total number of baptized members in 2012 (cf. Baptized Members by Province and Diocese 2002–2013). Pew Research estimated that 1.2 percent of the adult population in the United States, or 3 million people, self-identify as mainline Episcopalians. The church has recorded a regular decline in membership and Sunday attendance since the 1960s, particularly in the Northeast and Upper Midwest. The church was organized after the Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Dioceses Established In The 19th Century
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The majority of Anglicans are members of national or regional ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, which forms the third-largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. These provinces are in full communion with the See of Canterbury and thus with the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom the communion refers to as its ''primus inter pares'' (Latin, 'first among equals'). The Archbishop calls the decennial Lambeth Conference, chairs the meeting of primates, and is the presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Religious Organizations Established In 1859
Religion is usually defined as a social-cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements; however, there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion. Different religions may or may not contain various elements ranging from the divine, sacred things, faith,Tillich, P. (1957) ''Dynamics of faith''. Harper Perennial; (p. 1). a supernatural being or supernatural beings or "some sort of ultimacy and transcendence that will provide norms and power for the rest of life". Religious practices may include rituals, sermons, commemoration or veneration (of deities or saints), sacrifices, festivals, feasts, trances, initiations, funerary services, matrimonial services, meditation, prayer, music, art, dance, public service, or other aspects of human culture. Religions ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dioceses Of The Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church (TEC) is governed by a General Convention and consists of 99 dioceses in the United States proper, plus eleven dioceses in other countries or outlying U.S. territories and the diocese of Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, for a total of 2 dioceses. A diocese, which is led by a bishop, includes all the parishes and missions within its borders, which usually correspond to a state or a portion of a state. Some dioceses includes portions of more than one state. For example, the Diocese of Washington includes the District of Columbia and part of Maryland. Overview The naming convention for the domestic dioceses, for the most part, is after the state in which they are located or a portion of that state (for example, Northern Michigan or West Texas). Usually (though not always), in a state where there is more than one diocese, the area where the Episcopal Church (or Church of England before the American Revolution) started in that state is the diocese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal Church In Minnesota
The Episcopal Church in Minnesota, formerly known as the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota, is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America which has jurisdiction over all of Minnesota, except Clay County, which is in the Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota. It is in Province VI and its offices are in Minneapolis. It has two cathedrals: the Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour in Faribault and St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Minneapolis. As of December 2013, there were 20,964 members. It has 110 faith communities (this includes 105 churches and the organizations Episcopal Homes of Minnesota, the Episcopal House of Prayer, The Sheltering Arms Foundation, Breck School, and Shattuck-St. Mary’s School). It is affiliated with the Minnesota Council of Churches, The Joint Religious Legislative Coalition, and The Resource Center for Churches. Henry Benjamin Whipple was the first bishop of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota. Craig Loya is the current bishop. The Dioces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Norman Prior
Brian Norman Prior (born October 16, 1959) is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church currently serving as the assisting bishop in the Diocese of Alabama. Education Prior was raised in Prosser, Washington and graduated from Whitworth University in Spokane. In 1987, he received his Master of Divinity from Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California. He received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Church Divinity School of the Pacific in October 2014."Meet Brian N. Prior, IX Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota." Episcopal Church in Minnesota. 1 Jan. 2015. Web. 1 Apr. 2015/ref> Life Prior's first position was Associate Priest of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Spokane. From there he worked as the Director of Education and Development for the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane, Diocese of Spokane and also was Executive Director of Camp Cross, a church-run camp on the shores of Lake Coeur d'Alene. Prior founded the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Louis Jelinek
James "Jim" Louis Jelinek (born May 9, 1942) was the eighth Bishop of Minnesota in the Episcopal Church (United States) until his retirement on 13 February 2010. Education and Career Born and raised in Wisconsin, Jelinek graduated from Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1964, and attended The General Theological Seminary in New York City, graduating in 1970. Between 1964 and 1967, he did some postgraduate studies at Vanderbilt University. He was ordained deacon in 1970, and priest in 1971. He served as assistant rector of St Bartholomew's Church in Nashville, Tennessee between 1971 and 1972, and then program developer of Youth Services in Memphis, Tennessee between 1972 and 1973. In 1972, he also became associate rector of the Church of the Holy Communion in Memphis, serving till 1977. Between 1977 and 1984. he was rector of St Michael and All Angels' Church in Cincinnati, while in 1985, he moved to San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Marshall Anderson
Robert Marshall Anderson (December 18, 1933 - May 3, 2011) was the Seventh Bishop of Minnesota in the Episcopal Church. Early life and education Anderson was born on December 18, 1933, in Staten Island, New York City, the son of Arthur Harold Anderson and Hazel Schneider. He studied at Colgate University, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1955. After graduation, he enrolled to serve in the U.S. Army's 24th Infantry Division during the Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ... between 1955 and 1956. Upon his return to the United States, he enrolled in Berkeley Divinity School, from where he earned his Bachelor of Sacred Theology in 1961. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Berkeley Divinity School in 1977, and from Seabury-Wester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Frederick McNairy
Philip Frederick McNairy (March 19, 1911December 8, 1989) was the sixth Diocesan Bishop of Minnesota in The Episcopal Church. Biography Philip Frederick McNairy was born in 1911 in Lake City, Minnesota, to Harry Doughty McNairy and Clara Christina Moseman. He attended Kenyon College where he was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity and attended seminary at Bexley Hall. He married Cary Elizabeth Fleming in November 1935 and they had three children. McNairy was ordained a Deacon in May 1934 and a Priest in April 1935. He began his active ministry at St. Andrew's Mission in Columbus, Ohio. He subsequently became rector of St. Stephen's in Cincinnati, and in 1940 went to St. Paul, Minnesota as rector of Christ Church. During his decade in St. Paul he was active as: president of University House Corporation, the directing body for Episcopal work on the campus at the University of Minnesota; president of the Council of Social Agencies and the St. Paul Council of Human Relations; and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton Hyde Kellogg
Hamilton Hyde Kellogg (September 6, 1899 - July 5, 1977) was the fifth bishop of Minnesota in The Episcopal Church. Early life and education Kellogg was born on September 6, 1899 in Skaneateles, New York, the son of Walter Hamilton Kellogg & Jennie Louise Kellogg. He was educated at the High School in Skaneateles and then at the Lawrenceville School, graduating in 1917. He then studied at Williams College, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1921, and was awarded a Doctor of Divinity in 1944. He also earned a Master of Arts from Columbia University in 1924. He also attended the General Theological Seminary, graduating with a Bachelor of Divinity in 1924, and earning a Doctor of Sacred Theology in 1946. The University of the South also awarded him a Doctor of Divinity in 1946, while he was awarded another by Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in 1957. Syracuse University awarded him with a Doctor of Laws in 1956. Ordained ministry Kellogg was ordained deacon in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Edwards Keeler
Stephen Edwards Keeler (April 16, 1887 – September 25, 1956) was the fourth diocesan bishop of Minnesota in The Episcopal Church. Early life and education Keeler was born on April 16, 1887, in New Canaan, Connecticut, the son of Stephen Edwards Keeler and Annie Demarest Husted. He was educated at the Hoosick Preparatory School in Hoosick, New York. He then studied at Yale University, from where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1910. he also graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity from the General Theological Seminary in 1913. He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity by Kenyon College in 1928, and a Doctor of Sacred Theology from the General Theological Seminary in 1932. Ordained ministry Keeler was ordained deacon on June 4, 1913 and priest on June 3, 1914. He served as a curate at St Paul's Church in Cleveland, Ohio between 1913 and 1915, and then as rector of St Stephen's Church in Pittsfield, Massachusetts between 1915 and 1923. In 1923, he became rector of St Paul's Church in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
