Episcopal Diocese of Alaska - Bishop of Alaska

Bishop of Alaska

Following the retirement in 2007 of the 7th Bishop of Alaska, the Rt Rev Mark MacDonald, to answer the call to be the first National Indigenous Bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada, the Diocese embarked on a lengthy discernment process about its future leadership. Recognising that the vacancy would likely be lengthy, the Diocesan Convention elected as assisting bishop the Rt Rev Rustin R. Kimsey, retired Bishop of Eastern Oregon and former assisting bishop for Navajoland to exercise episcopal functions pending the election and installation of a new Diocesan. In 2009, the Diocese announced a process for election of the 8th Bishop of Alaska and the 35th Diocesan Convention, on April 10, 2010, elected Mark Andrew Lattime, Rector of St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Geneseo in the Diocese of Rochester (New York), as 8th Bishop of Alaska. His episcopal ordination took place on September 4, 2010, at the First United Methodist Church in Anchorage, Alaska.