The Episcopal Diocese of Montana is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the state of Montana. It was established in 1904 and has 42 congregations in 26 counties of the state. It is in Province 6 and its cathedral, St. Peter's Cathedral, is in Helena, as are the diocesan offices.
The diocese reported 4,386 members in 2019 and 3,367 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 national parochial reports. Plate and pledge income for the 32 filing congregations of the diocese in 2024 was $3,600,323. Average Sunday attendance (ASA) reported in 2024 was 1,015 persons, a relative decline from 1,444 in 2015.
List of bishops The bishops of Montana have been:Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 273 Daniel S. Tuttle, missionary bishop (1866–1880) Leigh R. Brewer, missionary bishop (1880–1904), first diocesan bishop (1904–1916)* William F. Faber, coadjutor (1914–1916) William F. Faber (1916–1934)* Herbert H. H. Fox, suffragan, 1920, coadjutor bishop, 1925 (VI Idaho, 1925–1926) Herbert H. H. Fox (1934–1939)* Henry Hean Daniels, coadjutor bishop (1939) Henry Hean Daniels (1939–1957)* Chandler W. Sterling, coadjutor bishop (1956) Chandler W. Sterling (1957–1968) Jackson Earle Gilliam (1968–1985) Charles Irving Jones III (1986–2001)* Charles L. Keyser, assisting bishop (2001–2003) C. Franklin Brookhart, Jr. (2003–2018) Martha Elizabeth Stebbins (December 7, 2019-current)
See also
List of Succession of Bishops for the Episcopal Church, USA
References
External links
St. Peter's Episcopal Cathedral, Helena Official Web site of the Episcopal Church Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Montana