Bishop of Western Massachusetts

E169799

Christian religious leader diocesan bishop episcopal office

The Bishop of Western Massachusetts is the chief ecclesiastical and administrative leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts within the Episcopal Church.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bishop of Western Massachusetts canonical	1
Diocesan Bishop of Western Massachusetts	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian religious leader ⓘ diocesan bishop ⓘ episcopal office ⓘ
appointedBy	Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts ⓘ
cathedral	Christ Church Cathedral, Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
church	Episcopal Church ⓘ surface form: Episcopal Church (United States)
consecratedBy	bishops of the Episcopal Church (United States) ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
denomination	Episcopal Church ⓘ surface form: Episcopal Church (United States)
ecclesiasticalProvince	Province I of the Episcopal Church (United States) ⓘ
electedBy	Diocesan convention ⓘ
establishedFor	Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	missions in western Massachusetts ⓘ parishes in western Massachusetts ⓘ
jurisdiction	Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy	English ⓘ
liturgicalTradition	Anglican liturgy ⓘ
locatedIn	Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
memberOf	House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church ⓘ surface form: House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church (United States)
officeHolders	Alexander Doig Stewart ⓘ Alexander Hamilton Vinton ⓘ Andrew Frederick Wissemann ⓘ Douglas John Fisher ⓘ Gordon Paul Scruton ⓘ Robert McConnell Hatch ⓘ Robert S. Denig ⓘ Thomas Frederick Davies Jr. ⓘ
officeType	full-time ecclesiastical office ⓘ
participatesIn	General Convention of the Episcopal Church ⓘ surface form: General Convention of the Episcopal Church (United States)
partOf	Anglican Communion ⓘ
regionServed	Western Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: western Massachusetts
religion	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism Christianity ⓘ
responsibility	chief administrative leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts ⓘ chief ecclesiastical leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts ⓘ confirmation of church members ⓘ ordination of deacons and priests ⓘ oversight of clergy in the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts ⓘ oversight of parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts ⓘ pastoral leadership for the diocese ⓘ representation of the diocese in the wider Episcopal Church ⓘ
seat	Christ Church Cathedral, Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
seeAlso	Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts ⓘ
style	The Right Reverend ⓘ
titleHeldBy	Bishop of Western Massachusetts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Diocesan Bishop of Western Massachusetts
tradition	Episcopal polity ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction	diocesan episcopate ⓘ
uses	Book of Common Prayer ⓘ surface form: Book of Common Prayer (Episcopal Church)

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts → titleOfOrdinary → Bishop of Western Massachusetts ⓘ

Bishop of Western Massachusetts → titleHeldBy → Bishop of Western Massachusetts self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Diocesan Bishop of Western Massachusetts