Diocese of Southern Ohio

The Diocese of Southern Ohio is the diocese of the Episcopal Church with jurisdiction over 40 counties in southern Ohio, United States. It is one of 15 dioceses that make up the Province of the Midwest (Province 5). The offices of the Bishop of Southern Ohio and the cathedral, Christ Church Cathedral, are both located in downtown Cincinnati.

In 2024, the diocese reported average Sunday attendance (ASA) of 4,601 persons, a decline from 6,605 in 2015. The most recent membership statistics (2023) showed 14,818 persons in 71 churches, a decrease from 19,619 in 2015. No membership statistics were reported in 2024 national parochial reports.

History

The Diocese of Southern Ohio was created from the Diocese of Ohio in 1875. The diocese's original cathedral, St. Paul Episcopal Cathedral, Cincinnati, was located in downtown Cincinnati but was demolished in 1937 due to structural problems. Thomas A. Jaggar became the first bishop in 1875. The see was vacant following the retirement of Thomas E. Breidenthal on November 29, 2020.

Bishop Wayne Smith of Missouri was elected as the Provisional Bishop on July 17, 2021.

Bishop Kristen Uffelman White, the current bishop, became the first female bishop of the Diocese of Southern Ohio on February 17, 2024.

List of churches and religious communities

Cincinnati area parishes All Saints Episcopal Church, Pleasant Ridge Ascension & Holy Trinity, Wyoming Calvary Church, Clifton, Cincinnati Christ Church, Glendale Christ Church Cathedral, Downtown, Cincinnati Church of Our Saviour, Mount Auburn, Cincinnati Church of The Advent, East Walnut Hills, Cincinnati Church of The Ascension, Middletown Church of The Good Samaritan, Amelia Church of The Redeemer, Hyde Park, Cincinnati Grace Episcopal Church, College Hill Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Kenwood Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Oxford Indian Hill Episcopal Church, Indian Hill (joint Presbyterian parish) St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Evanston, Cincinnati St. Anne's Episcopal Church, West Chester St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Montgomery St. James Episcopal Church, Westwood, Cincinnati St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, Lebanon St. Simon of Cyrene Episcopal Church, Lincoln Heights St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Terrace Park St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Anderson Township Trinity Episcopal Church, Hamilton

Columbus area parishes All Saints Episcopal Church, New Albany Church of St Edward, Whitehall St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Bexley St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Pickerington St. James Episcopal Church, Clintonville St. John's Episcopal Church, Franklinton St. John's Episcopal Church, Lancaster St. John's Episcopal Church, Worthington St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Granville St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Upper Arlington St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Westerville St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, Dublin St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Logan St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Delaware St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Columbus St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Columbus Trinity Episcopal Church, Columbus Trinity Episcopal Church, London Trinity Episcopal Church, Newark

Dayton area parishes Christ Episcopal Church, Dayton Christ Episcopal Church, Springfield Christ Episcopal Church, Xenia Church of Our Savior, Mechanicsburg Church of The Epiphany, Urbana St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, Fairborn St. Francis Episcopal Church, Springboro St. George's Episcopal Church, Dayton St. James Episcopal Church, Piqua St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Trotwood St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Dayton St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Waynesville St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Dayton St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Greenville Trinity Episcopal Church, Troy

Eastern area Church of The Epiphany, Nelsonville Church of The Good Shepherd, Athens Grace Episcopal Church, Pomeroy St. James Episcopal Church, Zanesville St. John's Episcopal Church, Cambridge St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Marietta St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Gallipolis Trinity Episcopal Church, McArthur

Central area All Saints Episcopal Church, Portsmouth Christ Episcopal Church, Ironton All Saints Lutheran/Episcopal Community, Washington Court House St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Hillsboro St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chillicothe St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Circleville

Missions Community of the Transfiguration, Motherhouse, Glendale Procter Center

List of bishops The bishops of Southern Ohio have been:Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 354

Diocesan bishops Thomas Augustus Jaggar, (1875–1904) Boyd Vincent, (1904–1929) Theodore I. Reese, (1929–1931)"Religion: Again, Bishop Jones", Time, November 11, 1929. Henry Wise Hobson, (1931–1959) Roger Blanchard, (1959–1970) John McGill Krumm, (1971–1980) William Black, (1980–1992) Herbert Thompson Jr., (1992–2005), deceased 2006 Thomas E. Breidenthal, (2007–2020) Kristin Uffelman White, (2024-present) Other bishops Boyd Vincent, coadjutor bishop (1889) Theodore I. Reese, coadjutor bishop (1913) Paul Jones, acting bishop (1929) Henry Wise Hobson, coadjutor bishop (1930) Roger W. Blanchard, coadjutor bishop (1958) William Black, coadjutor bishop (1979) Kenneth Lester Price Jr., suffragan bishop (1994-2012), interim bishop (2005-2007), assisting bishop (2015-present) Nedi Rivera, assisting bishop (2010–present) Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr., assisting bishop (2021 - present) Wayne Smith, bishop provisional (2021–2024)

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