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 a graduate of Seabury-Western Theological Seminary.
The diocesan bishop is the Rt. Rev. Shay Craig.
Statistics The diocese reported 2,582 members in 2016 and 2,148 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 national parochial reports. Plate and pledge income for the 19 filing congregations of the diocese in 2024 was $835,573. Average Sunday attendance (ASA) in 2024 was 454 persons. This represented a decrease from 663 ASA in 2015.
List of bishops The bishops of the diocese have been:Episcopal Church Annual, 2004, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 300
1. William D. Walker, 1883–1896 2. Samuel Cook Edsall, 1899–1901 3. Cameron D. Mann, 1902–1913 4. John Poyntz Tyler, 1914–1931 5. Frederick B. Bartlett, 1931–1935 6. Douglass H. Atwill, 1937–1951 7. Richard R. Emery, 1951–1964 8. George T. Masuda, 1965–1979 9. Harold A. Hopkins Jr., 1980–1988 10. Andrew H. Fairfield, 1989–2003 11. Michael G. Smith, 2004–2019 —Thomas C. Ely, Provisional Bishop, 2021−2024 —Brian J. Thom, Provisional Bishop, 2024−2026 12. Shay Craig, 2026−present
Congregations All Saints, Minot All Saints, 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. Michael and All Angels, 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 The Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota (2022)