From Frontier To The 20th Century
The Episcopal Dioceses of Missouri was founded in 1841 by the Episcopal congregations that already existed in the state. In 1844, the diocese elected its first bishop, Cicero Hawks, who presided over five priests and nine congregations. He held the diocese together during the Civil War, increasing the reputation of the Episcopal Church in Missouri. After Bishop Hawks' death in 1868, the diocese elected the Rt. Rev. Charles Robertson as the second bishop of the diocese. By the time of his death in 1886, the diocese had grown to 51 congregations and 40 missions throughout the state. After the election of the third bishop, the Rt. Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle, the Diocesan Convention approved a plan to split the diocese in half. Bishop Tuttle supported the newly created Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri by providing funds to sustain it through its first years.
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