Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles
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, Santa Barbara
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counties, and part of Riverside County
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One of the U.S.-based Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church (United States)
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's 110 dioceses spanning 16 nations, the Diocese of Los Angeles was established in 1895 by vote of the General Convention of the national church. The Diocese's first Convention was held in 1896.
The Diocese is led by its bishop
Bishop
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, the Rt. Rev. J. Jon Bruno
J. Jon Bruno
J. Jon Bruno is the Episcopal Bishop of Los Angeles.-Early life and education:Joseph Jon Bruno was born in Los Angeles November 17, 1946 to Dorothy and Joseph J. Bruno...
; its administrative and ministry hub is the Cathedral Center of St. Paul
Cathedral Center of St. Paul
The Cathedral Center of St. Paul is the administrative and ministry hub of the six-county Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.Located in the Echo Park district near downtown Los Angeles, the Cathedral Center houses its central church serving congregations that worship in English, Korean and Spanish; a...
, located in the Echo Park
Echo Park, Los Angeles, California
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district of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
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. St. John's Cathedral
St. John's Cathedral, Los Angeles
St. John's Cathedral is an Episcopal church near Downtown Los Angeles that serves both as a parish church and as a cathedral church for the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, an area covering five-and-a-half counties. Though St. John's was formed in 1890, the current Romanesque Revival...
is the procathedral
Pro-cathedral
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of the Diocese and the center for major diocesan liturgical functions.
The common ministry of the Diocese is guided by its Convention, the annual meeting of which is traditionally scheduled the first Friday and Saturday of December each year. Between annual meetings, the work of Convention is overseen by Diocesan Council, which meets usually the first or second Thursday of each month at the Cathedral Center.
Diocesan bishops
- Joseph Horsfall Johnson (1895 - 1928)
- William Bertrand Stevens (1928 - 1947)
- Francis Eric Bloy (1948 - 1973)
- Robert Claflin RusackRobert RusackRobert Claflin Rusack was the fourth Bishop of Los Angeles in the Episcopal Church from 1974 until his death in 1986. He was succeeded by Frederick Borsch. He was a 1947 graduate of Hobart College.- External links :*...
(1974 - 1986) - Frederick Houk BorschFrederick BorschFrederick Houk Borsch was the Episcopal Bishop of Los Angeles from 1988 to 2002, then served as interim dean of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University and Chair of Anglican studies at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia...
(1988 - 2002) - J. Jon BrunoJ. Jon BrunoJ. Jon Bruno is the Episcopal Bishop of Los Angeles.-Early life and education:Joseph Jon Bruno was born in Los Angeles November 17, 1946 to Dorothy and Joseph J. Bruno...
(2002 - present)
Suffragan bishops
- Robert B. Gooden (1930 - 1947)
- Donald J. Campbell (1949 - 1959)
- Ivol I. Curtis (1960 - 1964)
- Robert Claflin RusackRobert RusackRobert Claflin Rusack was the fourth Bishop of Los Angeles in the Episcopal Church from 1974 until his death in 1986. He was succeeded by Frederick Borsch. He was a 1947 graduate of Hobart College.- External links :*...
(1964 - 1973) - Oliver B. Garver (1985 - 1990)
- Chester L. Talton (1991 - 2010)
- Diane Jardine Bruce (2010 - present)
- Mary Douglas GlasspoolMary Douglas GlasspoolMary Douglas Glasspool is a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Los Angeles in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. She is the first open lesbian to be consecrated a bishop in the Anglican Communion....
(2010 - present)
Notable parishes
- All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena
- Cathedral Center of St. Paul, Los Angeles
- St. John's CathedralSt. John's Cathedral, Los AngelesSt. John's Cathedral is an Episcopal church near Downtown Los Angeles that serves both as a parish church and as a cathedral church for the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, an area covering five-and-a-half counties. Though St. John's was formed in 1890, the current Romanesque Revival...
, Los Angeles - St. Luke's Episcopal ChurchSt Luke's Episcopal Church (Long Beach, California)St Luke's is an Episcopal Church in Downtown Long Beach, California. A member of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, St Luke's has a historic reputation for upholding progressive social ideals and serving the community. The Church is a registered historic building on the corner of 7th Street and...
, Long Beach