Episcopal Diocese of Iowa

Diocese of Iowa

Location
Ecclesiastical province	Province VI
Subdivisions	10 Mission Chapters^[1]
Statistics
Congregations	61^[1]
Members	7,717 (2015)
Information
Rite	Episcopal
Cathedral	Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Des Moines Trinity Cathedral, Davenport
Current leadership
Bishop	Alan Scarfe
Map
Location of the Diocese of Iowa
Website
www.iowaepiscopal.org

The Episcopal Diocese of Iowa is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America which covers all of Iowa. It is in Province VI. Its offices are in Des Moines, and it has two cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Des Moines and Trinity Cathedral in Davenport.

History

Henry Washington Lee

The Episcopal Church in Iowa can trace its roots to 1836 when services were held occasionally in Dubuque by Richard F. Cadle. He was followed by E. G. Gear and J. Batchelder. Philander Chase, Bishop of Illinois, visited Scott County in the fall of 1837.^[2]

The church started to develop across the state of Iowa. In July, 1853, Jackson Kemper, missionary bishop of the Northwest, invited clergy and representatives of all the congregations in the state to meet at Trinity Church in Muscatine. On Wednesday, August 17, Alfred Louderback, rector of Trinity Church, Davenport, was elected chairman in the bishop's absence. The constitutions and canons for the diocese were adopted and plans were made for the election of a bishop. The General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America admitted the Diocese of Iowa to its membership in October, 1853.

On May 31, 1854, the first convention of the Diocese of Iowa began in Trinity Church, Davenport. Henry Washington Lee, rector of St. Luke's Church, Rochester, New York, was elected the first bishop of Iowa. He was consecrated in his church in Rochester on October 18, 1854. Lee preached in the diocese for the first time on October 29, 1854 in St. John's Church, Dubuque.^[2]

The cornerstone for Trinity Cathedral, then called Grace Cathedral, was laid in 1867. The building was completed in 1873. It is the second church built as a cathedral in the Episcopal Church in the United States.^[3] In 1992 St. Paul's Church in Des Moines was named the diocese's liturgical cathedral ^[4] and Trinity was maintained as its historic cathedral. Trinity, St. Paul's and 16 other Episcopal churches in Iowa are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[1]

Coat of arms

The present Coat of Arms for the Diocese of Iowa were designed by Cram and Ferguson and approved at the 1946 Diocesan Convention. The arms consist of the a field of green, which represents Iowa's prairies, bisected by two lines that represent the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. The gold cross contains five red diamonds which represent the five communities where the Episcopal Church in Iowa was organized: Dubuque, Davenport, Muscatine, Burlington, and Keokuk. The cross is surrounded by four ears of corn that represents Iowa’s agricultural heritage. A bishop's mitre tops the shield and it is surrounded by the words, "Seal of the Diocese of Iowa 1853." ^[5]

Companion Dioceses

Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Des Moines (left) Trinity Cathedral, Davenport (right)

The Diocese of Brechin is part of the Scottish Episcopal Church and is located in North East Scotland. It is the smallest of the seven dioceses in Scotland. The cathedral and administrative offices are in Dundee.^[6] The two dioceses entered into companion status in 1982 and it was officially recognized by the Episcopal Church (US) in 1990.^[7]
The Diocese of Swaziland is located in southern Africa, and encompasses the entire country of Swaziland. The diocese is part of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.^[8] The two dioceses entered into companion status in 1988 and it was officially recognized by the Episcopal Church (US) in 1990.^[7]

The Diocese of Nzara is situated in the southwest corner of the new Republic of South Sudan. It is a member of the Episcopal Church of Sudan. The two dioceses entered into companion status in October 2012.^[9]

Bishops

Bishops over Iowa
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1838	1854	Jackson Kemper, Missionary Bishop of the Northwest	Bishop over the Territory of Iowa beginning in 1838 and the State of Iowa beginning in 1846.
Bishops of Iowa
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1854	1874	Henry Washington Lee	Also served as Provisional Bishop of Nebraska (1857–1859) and Provisional Bishop of Kansas (1860-1864) while Bishop of Iowa.
1876	1898	William Stevens Perry
1899	1929	Theodore Nevin Morrison
1929	1943	Harry Sherman Longley	Suffragan bishop from 1912–1917. Coadjutor bishop since 1917.
1944	1949	Elwood Lindsay Haines
1950	1971	Gordon V. Smith
1972	1988	Walter Cameron Righter	Assistant Bishop of Newark (1989-1991)
1988	2001	C. Christopher Epting	Coadjutor bishop since September 1988, resigned to become the Episcopal Church's deputy for Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations and became Assistant Bishop of Chicago in 2012.
2003	present	Alan Scarfe^[10]

References

1 2 3 "Who We Are". www.iowaepiscopal.org. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
1 2 "Chapter XX: Churches and Parishes". Scott County Iowa USGenWeb Project. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
↑ Horton, Loren N. (2003). The Beautiful Heritage: A History of the Diocese of Iowa. Des Moines: Diocese of Iowa. p. 44.
↑ Horton, 121
↑ Horton, 88
↑ "Companion Relationship with the Diocese of Brechin". www.iowaepiscopal.org. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
1 2 "Companion Dioceses". www.iowaepiscopal.org. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
↑ "Companion Relationship with the Diocese of Swaziland". www.iowaepiscopal.org. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
↑ "Companion Relationship with the Diocese of Nzara in South Sudan". www.iowaepiscopal.org. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
↑ "Bishop". www.iowaepiscopal.org. Retrieved 2010-04-12.

External links

Coordinates: 41°34′53″N 93°39′58″W / 41.5815°N 93.666°W / 41.5815; -93.666

Provinces and dioceses of the Episcopal Church

Province I	Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont Western Massachusetts

Province II	Albany Central New York Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe Haiti Long Island New Jersey New York Newark Rochester The Virgin Islands Western New York

Province III	Bethlehem Central Pennsylvania Delaware Easton Maryland Northwestern Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Southern Virginia Southwestern Virginia Virginia Washington West Virginia

Province IV	Alabama Atlanta Central Florida Central Gulf Coast East Carolina East Tennessee Florida Georgia Kentucky Lexington Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Southeast Florida Southwest Florida Tennessee Upper South Carolina West Tennessee Western North Carolina

Province V	Chicago Eastern Michigan Eau Claire Fond du Lac Indianapolis Michigan Milwaukee Missouri Northern Indiana Northern Michigan Ohio Southern Ohio Springfield Western Michigan

Province VI	Colorado Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Wyoming

Province VII	Arkansas Dallas Fort Worth Kansas Northwest Texas Oklahoma Rio Grande Texas West Missouri West Texas Western Kansas Western Louisiana

Province VIII	Alaska Arizona California Eastern Oregon El Camino Real Hawaii Idaho Los Angeles Micronesia Navajoland Area Mission Nevada Northern California Olympia Oregon San Diego San Joaquin Spokane Taiwan Utah

Province IX	Colombia Dominican Republic Central Ecuador Litoral Ecuador Honduras Puerto Rico Venezuela

Other Dioceses	Armed Services and Federal Ministries

Former jurisdictions	Central America Duluth Eastern Diocese Mexico Philippines Quincy South Florida Western Colorado Western Nebraska

Episcopal Diocese of Iowa

Bishops	Henry Washington Lee William Stevens Perry Theodore Nevin Morrison Harry Sherman Longley Elwood Lindsay Haines Gordon V. Smith Walter Cameron Righter C. Christopher Epting Alan Scarfe

Cathedrals	Cathedral Church of Saint Paul, Des Moines Trinity Cathedral, Davenport

Churches	Christ Church, Burlington Church of the Saviour, Clermont St. John's Church, Dubuque St. Paul's Church, Durant St. Luke's Church, Fort Madison St. Paul's Church, Harlan Trinity Church, Iowa City St. Matthew's by the Bridge, Iowa Falls St. John's Church, Keokuk St. George's Church, Le Mars Trinity Memorial, Mapleton St. Barnabas Church, Montrose Trinity Church, Muscatine St. Stephen's Church, Newton St. James Church, Oskaloosa Trinity Church, Ottumwa St. Thomas Church, Sioux City St. Andrew's Church, Waverly

Former Institutions	Clarissa Cook Home for the Friendless, Davenport St. Katharine's School, Davenport St. Luke's Hospital, Davenport

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