List of Diocesan Bishops of California
| Bishops of California | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1857 | 1893 | William Ingraham Kip | Missionary Bishop to California, 1853–1856; died in office. |
| 1893 | 1924 | William Ford Nichols | (June 9, 1849, Lloyd, NY – June 5, 1924) |
| 1924 | 1940 | Edward L. Parsons | Edward Lambe Parsons (May 18, 1868, New York, NY – January 16, 1915, New York, NY) |
| 1941 | 1958 | Karl M. Block | Karl Morgan Block (died September 20, 1958) |
| 1958 | 1966 | James Pike | Resigned following censure for radical theological views. |
| 1967 | 1979 | C. Kilmer Myers | Chauncey Kilmer Myers (February 14, 1916, Schuylerville, NY – June 27, 1981, San Francisco, CA); previously suffragan bishop in Michigan. |
| 1979 | 2006 | William E. Swing | Retired. |
| 2006 | present | Marc Handley Andrus | Previously suffragan bishop in Alabama. |
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