Global InformationList of bishops of the Reformed Episcopal Church information
These are the bishops consecrated in the Reformed Episcopal Church from its founding in 1873 to the present, along with the bishops consecrated in the Free Church of England from REC episcopal succession.[1]
| No. | Bishop | Consecration | Consecrator[2][3] | Active in | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George David Cummins (1822–1876) | 15 November 1866[4] | Hopkins | New York and Philadelphia | Presiding Bishop, 1873-1876[5] |
| 2 | Charles Edward Cheney | 14 December 1873 | 1[6] | Chicago[7] | Presiding Bishop, 1876–1877, 1887–1889 |
| 3 | William Rufus Nicholson (1822–1901) | 24 February 1876 | 1, 2 | New York and Philadelphia | Presiding Bishop, 1879–1883 |
| 4 | Edward Cridge (b. 1817) | 16 July 1876 | 2, 3 | Canada (Jurisdiction of the Pacific Coast) | |
| 5 | Samuel Fallows (1835–1922) | 16 July 1876 | 2, 3 | Chicago[7] | Presiding Bishop, 1877–1879, 1889–1894, 1902–1922[5] |
| 6 | John Sugden (d. 1897) | 20 August 1876 | 4, Price | England | |
| 7 | Thomas Huband Gregg (b. 1840) | 20 June 1877 | 5, 2, 3 | England | |
| 8 | Peter Fayssoux Stevens (b. 1830) | 22 June 1879 | 3, 5 | South | |
| 9 | James Allen Latané (1831–1902) | 22 June 1879 | 3, 5 | New York and Philadelphia | Presiding Bishop, 1883–1887, 1900-1902[5] |
| 10 | Alfred Spencer Richardson (1842–1907) | 22 June 1879 | 3, 5 | England | |
| 11 | Hubert Bower (b. 1835) | 19 August 1879 | 6, 3 | England | |
| 12 | Edward Wilson | 1 July 1880 | 3, 9 | Canada | |
| 13 | Thomas Greenland | 11 June 1888 | 10, 6, 11 | England | |
| 14 | Thomas W. Campbell (b. 1851) | 31 May 1891 | 5, 3, 9 | Canada; Brooklyn, NY | Presiding Bishop, 1894-1897[5] |
| 15 | Philip X. Eldridge (b. 1846) | 24 June 1892 | 6, 13 | England | |
| 16 | James Renney (d. 1894) | 24 June 1892 | 6, 13 | England | |
| 17 | William T. Sabine (1838–1913) | 23 October 1902 | 5, 2 | New York and Philadelphia | |
| 18 | Herman S. Hoffman (d. 1912) | 3 June 1903 | 5, 8, 17 | ||
| 19 | Robert Livingston Rudolph (d. 1930) | 12 January 1909 | 5, 2, 17 | New York and Philadelphia | Presiding Bishop, 1922-1930[5] |
| 20 | Manuel Ferrando | 12 November 1912 | 5, 2, 19 | Puerto Rico | |
| 21 | Frank Vaughan | 25 April 1913 | 15 | Northern England | Bishop Primus, Free Church of England |
| 22 | Arthur Lorne Pengelley (d. 1922) | 25 June 1914 | 5, 2, 19 | South | |
| 23 | Willard Brewing[7] | 24 June 1914 | 5, 2, 19 | Chicago | |
| 24 | Joseph Louis Fenn | 21 September 1921 | 21 | Southern England | |
| 25 | Robert Westly Peach (d. 1936) | 23 May 1924 | 19, 21, 23 | New York and Philadelphia | Presiding Bishop, 1930-1936[5] |
| 26 | Joseph Edgar Kearney | 23 May 1930 | 19, 21, 25 | South | Presiding Bishop, 1951-1957[5] |
| 27 | Frank V. C. Cloak[7] | 9 November 1931 | 25, 26 | Chicago | Presiding Bishop, 1937-1951[5] |
| 28 | John Christie Magee | 7 July 1932 | 21, 24 | Southern England | |
| 29 | George Marshall | 7 July 1932 | 21, 24 | England | |
| 30 | Alexander Melbourne Hubly (d. 1937) | 11 May 1933 | 27, 29 | Canada | |
| 31 | Howard David Higgins | 9 January 1937 | 26, 27, 29 | New York and Philadelphia | Presiding Bishop, 1957-1975[5] |
| 32 | William Culbertson III | 30 April 1937 | 27, 26, 31 | New York and Philadelphia | |
| 33 | George W. Forbes-Smith | 29 September 1938 | 21, 28 | Southern England | |
| 34 | Donald Argyle Thompson | 29 September 1938 | 21, 28 | England | |
| 35 | Archibald R. L. Keevil | 11 June 1944 | 29, 27 | Canada | |
| 36 | George A. Veck | 8 June 1947 | 35 | Canada | |
| 37 | Thomas Cameron | 21 September 1950 | 21, 16, 335 | Northern England | Bishop Primus, Free Church of England |
| 38 | Denys A. G. Rankilor | 12 December 1954 | 36 | Canada | |
| 39 | William Rodgers | 15 October 1857 | 33, 37 | England | |
| 40 | William H. S. Jerdan Jr. (d. 2001) | 8 June 1947 | 31, 32, 26 | South | Presiding Bishop, 1987-1990[5] |
| 41 | Ambrose Martin Bodfish (d. 1973) | 4 September 1963 | 37, 33 | Southern England | |
| 42 | James Dudley Burrell (d. 1973) | 4 September 1963 | 37, 33 | Northern England | |
| 43 | Sanco King Rembert (1922–2015) | 26 May 1966 | 31, 32, 40, 26 | Southeast | |
| 44 | Theophilus John Herter (1913–1987) | 15 June 1966 | 35 | New York and Philadelphia | Presiding Bishop, 1975-1987[5] |
| 45 | William Charles Watkins | 6 October 1969 | 37, 42, 41, 33 | Southern England | |
| 46 | Cyrus Milner | 8 June 1947 | 37, 42, 45 | Northern England | Bishop Primus, Free Church of England |
| 47 | Franklin Henry Sellers (1926–2016) | 5 December 1974 | 31, 44, 26 | Chicago | Presiding Bishop, 1990-1996[5] |
| 48 | Leonard W. Riches (b. 1939) | 14 June 1975 | 44, 31, 40, 43, 47 | New York and Philadelphia/Northeast and Mid-Atlantic | Presiding Bishop, 1996–2014 |
| 49 | Arthur Ward | 11 September 1976 | 46, 37, 44, White | Southern England | |
| 50 | Daniel Gilbert Cox (1931–2021) | 6 June 1984 | 44, 40, 43, 48, 47 | ||
| 51 | Royal U. Grote Jr. (1946–2016) | 7 June 1984 | 44, 40, 43, 48, 47 | Mid-America | Presiding Bishop, 2014–2016 |
| 52 | James Cortez West (d. 2006) | 24 June 1984 | 44, 50, 51, 40, 43, 48, 47 | Southeast | |
| 53 | Kenneth J. W. Powell | 1 October 1986 | 46, 49 | Southern England | Bishop Primus, Free Church of England |
| 54 | Robert Harold Booth | 14 June 1990 | 48, 51, 43, 52 | ||
| 55 | Michael Fedechko | 19 August 1993 | 51, 54, 53 | Canada | |
| 56 | E. A. "Ted" Follows | 12 September 1993 | 51, 54, 55 | Canada | |
| 57 | Gregory Keith Hotchkiss | 8 June 1996 | 48, 54, 50, 51, 43 | Renounced episcopal office, 30 November 2003[3] | |
| 58 | George Brian Fincke (d. 2016) | 21 June 1996 | 48, 43, 52, 51 | Served in Anglican Province of America | |
| 59 | Charles Dorrington | 23 June 1996 | 48, 51, 43, 52, 56 | Western Canada and Alaska | |
| 60 | Daniel R. Morse | 23 August 1996 | 48, 47, 57, 43, 52, 51, 55, 59 | Central States | |
| 61 | Oommen Samuel | 15 September 1996 | 48, 50, 55, 54, 57 | ||
| 62 | John Barry Shucksmith | 19 August 1993 | 46, 53, 48 | England | |
| 63 | Ray R. Sutton | 29 July 1999 | 48, 53, 51, 60, 52, 43, 54, 58, Grundorf | Mid-America | Presiding Bishop, 2016–present |
| 64 | John McLean | 11 September 1999 | 53, 48, 51 | England | |
| 65 | Arthur Bentley-Taylor | 19 August 1993 | 53, 54, 51 | Northern England | |
| 66 | David L. Hicks | 16 July 2005 | 48, 51, 63, 52, 54, 50, 61, 58, Grundorf, Boyce | Northeast and Mid-Atlantic | |
| 67 | Paul Nigel Hunt | 22 July 2006 | 53, 64, 51, Sutton | Southern England | |
| 68 | John R. K. Fenwick | 22 July 2006 | 64, 53, 51, Sutton | Northern England | Bishop Primus, Free Church of England |
| 69 | Gerhard Meyer | 22 October 2006 | 58, 51, 53 | Germany | |
| 70 | Alphonza Gadsden Sr. | 17 November 2007 | 48, 43, 51, 66 | Southeast | |
| 71 | William J. White (born 1947) | 17 January 2009 | 48, 43, 70, 51, 66, 63 | Southeast | |
| 72 | R. Charles Gillin (born 1951) | 29 September 2012 | 48, 51, 66, 60, Lipka | Northeast and Mid-Atlantic | |
| 73 | Jasmin Milić (born 1969) | 13 May 2013 | 51, 67, 69 | Croatia | |
| 74 | Peter F. Manto (born 1950) | 6 December 2013 | Duncan, 48, 51, 66, 60, Ames | Central States | |
| 75 | Raul Willians Mendez Suarez (born 1951) | 24 May 2014 | 59, Walters, Uchoa | Cuba | |
| 76 | Josep Miquel Rossello Ferrer | 28 September 2014 | 68, 67, 69 | South America | |
| 77 | Walter Banek (b. 1952) | 23 August 2017 | Beach, 63, 70, 71, 74, Guernsey, Atwood, Menees, Hobby, Andrews | Mid-America | |
| 78 | Willie J. Hill Jr. (b. 1951) | 13 June 2022 | Beach, 63, 70, 71, 72, 74, 77, Guernsey, Lowenfield, Lebhar, Bryan, Murdoch | Southeast | |
| 79 | William A. Jenkins Sr. (b. 1963) | 29 April 2023 | Beach, 63, 70, 71, 72, 74, 77, 78, Dobbs, Iker | Northeast and Mid-Atlantic | |
| 80 | John Boonzaaijer (b. 1968) | 15 February 2024 | 63, Beach, 68, 69, 70, 72, 74, 77, 78, Ackerman, Atwood, Dobbs, Donison, Lowenfield, Lyons, Tighe, Uchoa | Cuba | |
| 81 | Charlie Camlin (b. 1964) | 21 March 2024 | Beach, 63, 70, 71, 72, 74, 77, 78, 79, 80, Ackerman, Allen, Donison | Mid-America |
- ^ Price, Annie Darling (1902). A History of the Formation and Growth of the Reformed Episcopal Church, 1873–1902. James M. Armstrong. pp. 264–281.
- ^ "Appendix: Record of Consecrations" (PDF). Journal of the Proceedings of Thirty-Second General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church: 4–7. 1948.
- ^ a b "Consecrations of Bishops" (PDF). Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church: 201–210. 2017.
- ^ Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John (1898). Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography. D. Appleton.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Appendix A: Officers of the General Council" (PDF). Journal of the Proceedings of the Fiftieth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church: 220. 2002. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "George David Cummins (1822–1876)". Dickinson College. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ a b c d "A HISTORY". Diocese of Mid-America. Retrieved 15 November 2022.