The Missionary Diocese of the West has been renamed the Western Archdeaconry and attached to the Missionary Diocese of the South and Ozarks. The UECNA House of Bishops determined that this arrangement will provide a greater degree of pastoral and administrative support for congregations in the West. The Western missionary diocese had been without a bishop ordinary for several years. […]
The Rt. Rev. D. Presley Hutchens was received in the United Episcopal Church from the Anglican Catholic Church (ACC) on September 3, 2022. Before retirement, Bishop Hutchens served as ordinary of the ACC Diocese of New Orleans. He is now licensed in the Missionary Diocese of the South and Ozarks.
The Rev. Lawrence Jones, presbyter, and Mrs. Nancy Jones, deaconess, were received into the Missionary Diocese of the Southand Ozarks from the Reformed Episcopal Church on August 8, 2022.
The Rt. Rev. Daniel J. Sparks ordained Anthony Cirilla to the diaconate on April 23, 2022 in the Missionary Diocese of the South and Ozarks. The new deacon will be assisting at St. Joseph Anglican Church in Branson, Missouri, where the service was held.
The Rev. Paul C. Slish and the Rev. Daniel J. Sparks were consecrated bishops for the United Episcopal Church of North America on Saturday, March 26, 2022, in a service held at Saints Andrew and Matthias Anglican Church in Hastings, Michigan. Chief consecrator was the Most Rev. Peter Robinson, Presiding Bishop. Co-consecrators were the Rt. Rev. David Hustwick, Ordinary of
The United Episcopal Church will consecrate two bishops March 26, 2022 in Hastings, Michigan. The Rev. Paul Slish will be consecrated assistant bishop for the Diocese of the Great Lakes. The Rev. Daniel Sparks will be consecrated bishop for the Missionary Diocese of the South and Ozarks. The service will be held at 10:30 a.m. at Sts. Andrew & Matthias
The United Episcopal Church is seeking qualified men to fill pastoral roles in Arizona and Arkansas. These small parishes desire to continue to grow and mature under appropriate pastoral leadership. Interested clergymen should be willing to conform to the doctrine and discipline of the United Episcopal Church. They should also have character that is above reproach, be committed to the
The convocation of the Missionary Diocese of the South and Ozarks was held September 16, 2021 at St. Joseph Anglican Church in Branson, Missouri. Among other business, the convocation elected the Rev. Daniel Sparks, healthcare chaplain in Columbia, Missouri, to serve as bishop of the diocese. The next meeting of convocation will be held at a time and place to
Johannes (Ian) Mosley was ordained deacon by the Rt. Rev. Glen D. Hartley on August 21, 2020 at St. Joseph Anglican Church in Branson, Missouri. Deacon Mosley is assigned as assistant minister in that parish.
The Rev. Daniel Sparks was received into the United Episcopal Church by Letters of Transfer from the Convocation of Anglicans in North America on 16th June 2020. The Rev. Mr. Sparks serves as a Veterans’ Administration Hospital Chaplain in Columbia, Missouri.
