The Episcopal Diocese of Western Oregon is a diocese of the Episcopal Church which consists of the western portion of the State of Oregon bordered by the Pacific Ocean, the Columbia River, the Cascade Range and the Oregon–California state line. Major cities in the diocese are Portland, Salem, Eugene and Medford. The diocese is a part of Province VIII of the Episcopal Church.
The seat of the diocese is Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, Oregon.
Michael Joseph Hanley was elected tenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon at the diocese's annual convention on November 30, 2009.Episcopal Life Online item, March 16, 2010 He was ordained to the episcopate and installed on April 10, 2010.Episcopal Life Online item, April 12, 2010
Diana Akiyama was elected eleventh bishop of the diocese on August 28, 2020. She was consecrated on January 30, 2021, at the Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, Oregon. She is the first Japanese-American woman to be ordained a bishop in The Episcopal Church.
In 2024, the diocese reported average Sunday attendance (ASA) of 3,880 persons, a relative decline from 5,943 in 2015. It reported plate and pledge financial income of $12,609,146 for 2024. Between 2015 and 2023, reported membership declined from 15,554 to 11,567.
Bishops of Oregon Honorific & Name Dates 1st Thomas Fielding Scott 1854–1867 2nd Benjamin Wistar Morris 1868–1906 3rd Charles Scadding 1906–1914 4th Walter Taylor Sumner 1915–1935 5th Benjamin Dunlop Dagwell 1936–1958 6th James W. F. Carman 1958–1974 (Coadjutor Bishop, 1957–1958) 7th Matthew Paul Bigliardi 1974–1985 8th Robert Louis Ladehoff 1986–2003 (Coadjutor Bishop, 1985) 9th Johncy Itty 2003–2008 10th Michael Joseph Hanley 2010–2021 11th Diana Akiyama 2021–present For more information on the bishops who have served the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon, see the diocesan website https://diocese-oregon.org/about/history/
Suffragan and assisting bishops Hal Raymond Gross, Suffragan Bishop, 1965–1979 Sandy (Sanford Zangwill Kaye) Hampton, Assisting Bishop, 2008–2010 (previously Suffragan Bishop of Minnesota 1989–1996 and Assistant Bishop of Olympia, 1996–2003)
References
External links Official Homepage Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Oregon