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Former Bishops of the Diocese

 

The Most Reverend Philander Chase
First Bishop of Illinois (1835 - 1852)
Presiding Bishop (1843 - 1852)


The Right Reverend
Henry John Whitehouse
Second Bishop of Illinois (1852 - 1874)


The Right Reverend
William Edward McLaren
Third Bishop of Illinois (1875 - 1878)


The Right Reverend
George Franklin Seymour
First Bishop of Springfield
(1878 - 1906)


The Right Reverend
Charles Reuben Hale
Bishop, Coadjutor of Springfield
(1892 - 1900)


The Right Reverend
Edward William Osborne SSJE
Second Bishop of Springfield
(1906 - 1916)

The Right Reverend
Granville Hudson Sherwood
Third Bishop of Springfield
(1917 - 1923)

The Right Reverend
John Chanler White
Fourth Bishop of Springfield
(1924 - 1947)

The Right Reverend
Richard Tuttle Loring
Fifth Bishop of Springfield
(1947 - 1948)

The Right Reverend
Charles Asa Clough
Sixth Bishop of Springfield
(1948 - 1961)

The Right Reverend
Arthur Albert Chambers
Seventh Bishop of Springfield
(1962 - 1972)

The Right Reverend
Albert William Hillestad
Eighth Bishop of Springfield
(1972 - 1981)

The Right Reverend
Donald Maynard Hultstrand
Ninth Bishop of Springfield
(1982 - 1991)

The Right Reverend
Peter Hess Beckwith
Tenth Bishop of Springfield
(1992 - 2010)
 

 


The Episcopal Diocese of Springfield

821 South Second Street
Springfield, Illinois 62704
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Email: diocese@episcopalspringfield.org
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