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Diocese of Arizona
Diœcesis Arizonensis
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| Country | United States |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province VIII |
| Statistics | |
| Congregations | 58 (2022) |
| Members | 16,709 (2022) |
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| Denomination | Episcopal Church |
| Established | 1959 |
| Cathedral | Trinity Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Jennifer Anne Reddall |
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 Location of the Diocese of Arizona | |
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| www.azdiocese.org | |
The Episcopal Diocese of Arizona is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America which has jurisdiction over most of Arizona. It is in Province VIII.
Jennifer Anne Reddall is the current bishop. Her seat is at Trinity Cathedral, Phoenix.
The Episcopal Diocese of Arizona was established by General Convention in 1959, but its history began 100 years before. Here are some important dates:
| Missionary bishops over Arizona | |||
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| 1875 | 1876 | Joseph C. Talbot, Missionary Bishop of the Northwest | 1816, Alexandria, VA – 1883, Indianapolis, IN; consecrated 1860 at Christ Church, Indianapolis. |
| 1869 | 1874 | Ozi William Whitaker, Missionary Bishop of Arizona and Nevada | 1830, New Salem, MA – 1911; consecrated 1869; first Episcopal Visitations to Arizona in 1873; translatedtoPennsylvania. |
| 1875 | 1876 | William Forbes Adams, Missionary Bishop of Arizona and New Mexico | 1833, Enniskillen, UK – 1935, Los Angeles, CA; consecrated 1875; translated to Easton. |
| 1876 | 1880 | John Franklin Spalding, Bishop of Colorado | 1828, Belgrade, ME – 1902, Erie, PA; also acting Missionary Bishop; previously Missionary Bishop of Colorado. |
| 1880 | 1888 | George Kelly Dunlop, Missionary Bishop of Arizona and New Mexico | 1830, County Tyrone, UK – 1888; consecrated 1880. |
| 1889 | 1910 | John Mills Kendrick, Missionary Bishop of Arizona and New Mexico | 1836, Gambier, OH – 1911, Oceanside, CA; consecrated 1889. |
| 1911 | 1925 | Julius W. Atwood, Missionary Bishop of Arizona | 1857, Salisbury, VT – 1945, Washington, DC; consecrated 1911. |
| 1926 | 1945 | Walter Mitchell, Missionary Bishop of Arizona | Consecrated 1926. |
| 1945 | 1959 | Arthur B. Kinsolving II, Missionary Bishop of Arizona | 1894, Brazil – 1964; consecrated 1945; diocesan bishop from 1959. |
| Bishops of Arizona | |||
| 1959 | 1962 | Arthur B. Kinsolving | Missionary Bishop since 1945. |
| 1962 | 1979 | Joseph M. Harte | 1914, Springfield, OH – 1999, Phoenix, AZ; previously suffragan bishopinDallas. |
| 1979 | 1992 | Joseph T. Heistand | 1924, Danville, PA – 2008, Richmond, VA; consecrated 1976 at St Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Phoenix. |
| 1985 | 1988 | Wesley Frensdorff, coadjutor bishop | 1926, Hannover, Germany – 1988, Grand Canyon, AZ; previously Bishop of Nevada (1972–1983); interim Bishop of Navajoland (1983–1985); died in office in an airplane crash. |
| 1992 | 2004 | Robert R. Shahan | b. 1939, Elkhart, KS; consecrated in 1992 at St Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Phoenix. |
| 2004 | 2019 | Kirk Stevan Smith | b. 1951, Soap Lake, WA; consecrated 2004 at St Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Phoenix; seated 2004 Trinity Cathedral. |
| 2019 | present | Jennifer Anne Reddall | b. 1975, Santa Monica, CA; consecrated 2019 at Church of the Nations, Phoenix; seated 2019 Trinty Cathedral. |
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