The Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the state of North Dakota plus Clay County, Minnesota. It has 19 congregations in North Dakota and one in Moorhead, Minnesota. It is in Province VI and its cathedral, Gethsemane Episcopal Cathedral, is in Fargo, as are the diocesan offices.
The most recent diocesan bishop, Michael G. Smith, retired on May 1, 2019, and was subsequently named an assisting bishop in the Diocese of Dallas. He is an enrolled member of the Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma and is a graduate of Seabury-Western Theological Seminary.
In August 2019, Keith Whitmore, a retired Bishop of Eau Claire, was named assisting bishop in North Dakota. In February 2021, Thomas C. Ely, a retired Bishop of Vermont, was elected bishop provisional.
List of bishops
The bishops of the diocese have been: William D. Walker, 1883–1896 Samuel Cook Edsall, 1899–1901 Cameron D. Mann, 1902–1913 John Poyntz Tyler, 1914–1931 Frederick B. Bartlett, 1931–1935 Douglass H. Atwill, 1937–1951 Richard R. Emery, 1951–1964 George T. Masuda, 1965–1979 Harold A. Hopkins Jr., 1980–1988 Andrew H. Fairfield, 1989–2003 Michael G. Smith, 2004–2019 Thomas C. Ely, Provisional Bishop, 2021-
* Keith Whitmore, Assisting Bishop, 2019-
Congregations
All Saint's, Minot
All Saint's, Valley City
Church of the Advent, Devils Lake
Church of the Cross, Selfridge
Church of the Good Shepherd, Lakota
Gethsemane Cathedral, Fargo
Grace Church, Jamestown
St. Gabriel's Camp, Solen
St. George's Episcopal Memorial Church, Bismarck
St. James’, Cannon Ball
St. John the Divine Episcopal Church (Moorhead, Minnesota) St. John's, Dickinson St. Luke's, Fort Yates Sts. Mary and Mark, Oakes St. Michaels and All Angel's, Cartwright St. Paul's, Grand Forks St. Paul's, White Shield St. Peter's, Walhalla St. Peter's, Williston St. Stephen's, Fargo St. Sylvan's, Dunseith St. Thomas, Fort Totten
See also
Succession of Bishops of The Episcopal Church (U.S.)
References
Further reading
God giveth the increase; the history of the Episcopal Church in North Dakota, Robert P Wilkins and Wynona H Wilkins
External links
Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota website
Gethsemane Episcopal Cathedral website
Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of North Dakota
North Dakota
Christianity in North Dakota
Religious organizations established in 1883
Anglican dioceses established in the 19th century
Province 6 of the Episcopal Church (United States)