Episcopal Diocese of Virginia - Bishops

Bishops

These are the bishops who have served the Diocese of Virginia:

  1. James Madison (1790–1812)
  2. Richard Channing Moore (1814–1841)
    *William Meade, Assistant (1829–1841)
  3. William Meade (1841–1862)
    *John Johns, Assistant (1842–1862)
  4. John Johns (1862–1876)
    *Francis McNeece Whittle, Assistant (1867–1876)
  5. Francis McNeece Whittle (1876–1902)
    *Alfred Magill Randolph, Assistant (1883–1892); named bishop of Southern Virginia
    *John Brockenbrough Newton, Assistant/Coadjutor (1894–1897)
    *Robert Atkinson Gibson, Coadjutor (1897–1902)
  6. Robert Atkinson Gibson (1902–1919)
    *Arthur Selden Lloyd, Coadjutor, (1909 - 1911?)
    *William Cabell Brown, Coadjutor (1914–1919)
  7. William Cabell Brown (1919–1927)
    *Henry St. George Tucker, Coadjutor (1926–1927)
  8. Henry St. George Tucker (1927–1943), elected presiding bishop in 1938
    *Frederick Deane Goodwin, Coadjutor (1930–1944)
  9. Frederick Deane Goodwin (1944–1960)
    *Wiley Roy Mason, suffragan (1942–1951), assistant (1951–1968)
    *Robert Fisher Gibson, Jr., suffragan (1949–1954), Coadjutor (1954–1960)
    *Samuel Blackwell Chilton, suffragan (1960–1969)
  10. Robert Fisher Gibson, Jr. (1961–1974)
    *Robert Bruce Hall, Coadjutor (1966–1974)
    *Philip Alan Smith, suffragan (1970–1972), elected bishop coadjutor of New Hampshire
    *John Alfred Baden, suffragan (1973–1979)
  11. Robert Bruce Hall (1974–1985)
    *David Henry Lewis, Jr., suffragan (1980–1987)
    *Peter James Lee, Coadjutor (1984–1985)
  12. Peter James Lee (1985–2009)
    *Robert Poland Atkinson, Assistant (1989–1993)
    *F. Clayton Matthews, suffragan (1994–1998), named director of the Office of Pastoral Development
    *David Colin Jones, suffragan (1995-2012)
    *Francis Campbell Gray, Assistant (1999–2007)
    *Shannon Sherwood Johnston, Coadjutor (2007–2009)
  13. Shannon Sherwood Johnston (2009 - )
    *David Colin Jones, suffragan (1995-2012)
    *Edwin F. “Ted” Gulick Jr., Assistant (2011 - )
    *Susan Ellyn Goff, suffragan (2012 - )


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