Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina

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The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America comprising 24 counties in the eastern part of the state of South Carolina. It is one of the nine original dioceses of the Episcopal Church. Established in 1706, the diocese includes 76 congregations, 25,830 baptized members, and 178 clergy licensed or canonically resident.^[1]

The Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul and Diocesan House is in the see city of Charleston, in the lower Westside on Coming Street. The 13th bishop, Edward L. Salmon, Jr., has announced his retirement and Bishop Suffragan William J. Skilton resigned effective December 31, 2006. The diocese is a member of the Anglican Communion Network.

On 16 September 2006, the Very Rev. Mark J. Lawrence was elected 14th bishop on the first ballot.^[2] However, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori declared the election void. In a March 16 letter to the standing committee, she declared that there were "canonical deficiencies" in several consents received from dioceses.^[3] The diocesan standing committee, which disputed Jefferts Schori's decision, called a special convention and on 4 August 2007, elected Lawrence again. He was the only candidate.^[4] Lawrence was consecrated and installed as bishop on 26 January 2008.

These are the bishops who have served the Diocese of South Carolina:^[5]

1. Robert Smith (1795 - 1801)
2. Theodore Dehon (1812 - 1817)
3. Nathaniel Bowen (1818 - 1839)
4. Christopher E. Gadsden (1840 - 1852)
5. Thomas F. Davis (1853 - 1871)
6. William B. W. Howe (1871 - 1894)
   * Ellison Capers, Coadjutor Bishop (consecrated 1893)
7. Ellison Capers (1894 - 1908)
   * William A. Guerry, Coadjutor Bishop (consecrated 1907)
8. William A. Guerry (1908 - 1928)
   * Kirkman George Finlay, Coadjutor Bishop (1921 - 1922)
9. Albert S. Thomas (1928 - 1944)
10. Thomas N. Carruthers, (1944 - 1960)
11. Gray Temple (1961 - 1982)
    * C. FitzSimons Allison, Coadjutor Bishop (consecrated 1980)
12. C. FitzSimons Allison, (1982 - 1990)
    * G. Edward Haynsworth, (Assistant, 1985 - 1990)
13. Edward L. Salmon, Jr. (1990 - 2008)
    * William J. Skilton, Suffragan Bishop (1996 - 2006)
14. Mark J. Lawrence (2008 - )
    

See also

• List of Succession of Bishops for the Episcopal Church, USA

External links

• Web site of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina
• Official Web site of the Episcopal Church

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References

1. ^ Episcopal Church province directory
2. ^ Diocese of South Carolina
3. ^ "South Carolina election voided due to canonical deficiencies in responses" Episcopal News Service, 15 March 2007
4. ^ "South Carolina re-elects Mark Lawrence as bishop" Episcopal News Service, 4 August 2007
5. ^ The Episcopal Church Annual. Morehouse Publishing: New York, NY (2005)

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