Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio


The Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over 40 counties in southern Ohio. It is one of 15 dioceses that make up the Province of the Midwest (Province 5). The offices of the Bishop of Southern Ohio and the cathedral, Christ Church Cathedral, are both located in downtown Cincinnati.
In 2024, the diocese reported average Sunday attendance of 4,601 persons. The most recent membership statistics showed 14,818 persons in 71 churches.
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History

The Diocese of Southern Ohio was created from the Diocese of Ohio in 1875. The diocese's original cathedral, St. Paul Episcopal Cathedral, Cincinnati, was located in downtown Cincinnati but was demolished in 1937 due to structural problems. Thomas A. Jaggar became the first bishop in 1875. The see was vacant following the retirement of Thomas E. Breidenthal on November 29, 2020.
Bishop Wayne Smith of Missouri was elected as the Provisional Bishop on July 17, 2021.
Bishop Kristen Uffelman White, the current bishop, became the first female bishop of the Diocese of Southern Ohio on February 17, 2024.

List of churches and religious communities

Cincinnati area parishes
Columbus area parishes
  • All Saints Episcopal Church, New Albany
  • Church of St Edward, Whitehall
  • St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Bexley
  • St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Pickerington
  • St. James Episcopal Church, Clintonville
  • St. John's Episcopal Church, Franklinton
  • St. John's Episcopal Church, Lancaster
  • St. John's Episcopal Church, Worthington
  • St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Granville
  • St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Upper Arlington
  • St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Westerville
  • St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, Dublin
  • St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Logan
  • St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Delaware
  • St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Columbus
  • St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Columbus
  • Trinity Episcopal Church, Columbus
  • Trinity Episcopal Church, London
  • Trinity Episcopal Church, Newark
Dayton area parishes
  • Christ Episcopal Church, Dayton
  • Christ Episcopal Church, Springfield
  • Christ Episcopal Church, Xenia
  • Church of Our Savior, Mechanicsburg
  • Church of The Epiphany, Urbana
  • St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, Fairborn
  • St. Francis Episcopal Church, Springboro
  • St. George's Episcopal Church, Dayton
  • St. James Episcopal Church, Piqua
  • St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Trotwood
  • St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Dayton
  • St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Waynesville
  • St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Dayton
  • St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Greenville
  • Trinity Episcopal Church, Troy
Eastern area
Central area
Missions

List of bishops

The bishops of Southern Ohio have been:
Diocesan bishops
  1. Thomas Augustus Jaggar,
  2. Boyd Vincent,
  3. Theodore I. Reese,
  4. Henry Wise Hobson,
  5. Roger Blanchard,
  6. John McGill Krumm,
  7. William Black,
  8. Herbert Thompson Jr.,, deceased 2006
  9. Thomas E. Breidenthal,
  10. Kristin Uffelman White,
Other bishops