The Episcopal Diocese of Springfield is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It is located in the state of Illinois and includes the area east of the Illinois River and south of the Counties of Woodford, Livingston, Ford, and Iroquois. The diocese was founded when the former Episcopal Diocese of Illinois split into three separate Dioceses (Springfield, Quincy, and Chicago) in 1877.
In 2024, the diocese reported average Sunday attendance (ASA) of 1,152 persons, down from 1,545 reported in 2015. The most recent membership statistics (2023) showed 3,098 persons in 33 churches, a decline from 4,138 in 2015. No membership statistics were reported in 2024 national parochial reports. The 33 congregations of the diocese reported $3,568,420 of plate and pledge income in 2024.
On December 11, 2021, the Diocese elected the Very Rev. Brian K. Burgess of Woodbury, New Jersey to serve as the 12th Bishop of Springfield.
Parishes Albion, Illinois: St. John's Alton, Illinois: St. Paul's Belleville, Illinois: St. George's Bloomington, Illinois: St. Matthew's Cairo, Illinois: Redeemer Carbondale, Illinois: St. Andrew's Carlinville, Illinois: St. Paul's Centralia, Illinois: St. John's Champaign, Illinois: Emmanuel Memorial Chapel of St. John the Divine Danville, Illinois: Holy Trinity Decatur, Illinois: St. John's Edwardsville, Illinois: St. Andrew's Effingham, Illinois: St. Laurence Glen Carbon, Illinois: St. Thomas' Granite City, Illinois: St. Bartholomew's Harrisburg, Illinois: St. Stephen's Havana, Illinois: St. Barnabas' Jacksonville, Illinois: Trinity Lincoln, Illinois: Trinity Marion, Illinois: St. James' Mattoon, Illinois: Trinity Morton, Illinois: All Saints' Mt. Carmel, Illinois: St. John the Baptist Mt. Vernon, Illinois: Trinity Normal, Illinois: Christ the King O'Fallon, Illinois: St. Michael's Pekin, Illinois: St. Paul's Rantoul, Illinois: St. Christopher's Robinson, Illinois: St. Mary's Salem, Illinois: St. Thomas' Springfield, Illinois: Cathedral Church of St. Paul Christ Church St. Luke's West Frankfort, Illinois: St. Mark's
Bishops George Franklin Seymour, 1878-1906 Edward William Osborne, diocesan 1906-1917 Granville Hudson Sherwood, 1917-1923 John Chanler White, 1924-1947 Richard T. Loring, 1947-1948 Charles A. Clough, 1948-1961 Albert Arthur Chambers, 1962-1972 Albert W. Hillestad, 1972-1981 Donald M. Hultstrand, 1982-1991 Peter H. Beckwith, 1992-2010 Daniel Hayden Martins, 2011– June 30, 2021 Brian K. Burgess, 2022-present
References
External links
Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Springfield