Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island - Bishops of Rhode Island

Bishops of Rhode Island

These are the bishops who have served the Diocese of Rhode Island:

  1. Samuel Seabury (1790–1796)
  2. Edward Bass (1798–1803)
  3. Alexander Viets Griswold (1811–1843)
  4. John P. K. Henshaw (1843–1852)
  5. Thomas March Clark (1854–1903)
    * William N. McVickar, Coadjutor Bishop (1898–1903)
  6. William N. McVickar (1903–1910)
  7. James D. Perry (1911–1946)
    * Granville G. Bennett, Suffragan Bishop (elected 1939)
  8. Granville G. Bennett (1946–1954)
    * John S. Higgins, Coadjutor Bishop (1953–1955)
  9. John S. Higgins (1955–1972)
    * Frederick H. Belden, Coadjutor Bishop (1971–1972)
  10. Frederick H. Belden (1972–1979)
  11. George N. Hunt, III (1980–1994)
  12. Geralyn Wolf (1996–present)
  13. W. Nicholas Knisely (Bishop-Elect)

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