List of bishops of the Reformed Episcopal Church


These are the bishops consecrated in the Reformed Episcopal Church from its founding in 1873 to the present, along with the bishops consecrated in the Free Church of England from REC episcopal succession.
No.BishopConsecrationConsecratorActive inNotes
1George David Cummins 15 November 1866Hopkins, Smith, LeeNew York and PhiladelphiaPresiding Bishop, 1873-1876
2Charles Edward Cheney 14 December 18731ChicagoPresiding Bishop, 1876–1877, 1887–1889
3William Rufus Nicholson 24 February 18761, 2New York and PhiladelphiaPresiding Bishop, 1879–1883
4Edward Cridge 16 July 18762, 3Canada
5Samuel Fallows 16 July 18762, 3ChicagoPresiding Bishop, 1877–1879, 1889–1894, 1902–1922
6John Sugden 20 August 18764, PriceEngland
7Thomas Huband Gregg 20 June 18775, 2, 3England
8Peter Fayssoux Stevens 22 June 18793, 5South
9James Allen Latané 22 June 18793, 5New York and PhiladelphiaPresiding Bishop, 1883–1887, 1900-1902
10Alfred Spencer Richardson 22 June 18793, 5England
11Hubert Bower 19 August 18796, 10England
12Edward Wilson 1 July 18803, 9Canada
13Thomas Greenland 11 June 188810, 6, 11England
14Thomas W. Campbell 31 May 18915, 3, 9Canada; Brooklyn, NYPresiding Bishop, 1894-1897
15Philip X. Eldridge 24 June 18926, 13England
16James Renney 24 June 18926, 13England
17William T. Sabine 23 October 19025, 2New York and Philadelphia
18Herman S. Hoffman 3 June 19035, 8, 17
19Robert Livingston Rudolph 12 January 19095, 2, 17New York and PhiladelphiaPresiding Bishop, 1922-1930
20Manuel Ferrando 12 November 19125, 2, 19Puerto Rico
21Frank Vaughan 25 April 191315Northern EnglandBishop Primus, Free Church of England
22Arthur Lorne Pengelley 25 June 19145, 2, 19South
23Willard Brewing 24 June 19145, 2, 19Chicago
24Joseph Louis Fenn21 September 192121Southern England
25Robert Westly Peach 23 May 192419, 21, 23New York and PhiladelphiaPresiding Bishop, 1930-1936
26Joseph Edgar Kearney 23 May 193019, 21, 25SouthPresiding Bishop, 1951-1957
27Frank V. C. Cloak 9 November 193125, 26ChicagoPresiding Bishop, 1937-1951
28John Christie Magee 7 July 193221, 24Southern England
29George Marshall 7 July 193221, 24England
30Alexander Melbourne Hubley 11 May 193327, 29Canada
31Howard David Higgins 9 January 193726, 27, 29New York and PhiladelphiaPresiding Bishop, 1957-1975
32William Culbertson III 30 April 193727, 26, 31New York and Philadelphia
33George W. Forbes-Smith 29 September 193821, 28Southern England
34Donald Argyle Thompson29 September 193821, 28England
35Archibald R. L. Keevil 11 June 194429, 27Canada
36George A. Veck8 June 194735Canada
37Thomas Cameron21 September 195021, 16, 335Northern EnglandBishop Primus, Free Church of England
38Denys A. G. Rankilor 12 December 195436Canada
39William Rodgers18 October 195733, 37England
40William H. S. Jerdan Jr. 27 May 196031, 32, 26SouthPresiding Bishop, 1987-1990
41Ambrose Martin Bodfish 4 September 196337, 33Southern England
42James Dudley Burrell 4 September 196337, 33Northern England
43Sanco King Rembert 26 May 196631, 32, 40, 26Southeast
44Theophilus John Herter 15 June 196635New York and PhiladelphiaPresiding Bishop, 1975-1987
45William Charles Watkins8 October 196937, 42, 41, 33Southern England
46Cyril Milner 29 August 197337, 42, 45Northern EnglandBishop Primus, Free Church of England
47Franklin Henry Sellers 5 December 197431, 44, 26ChicagoPresiding Bishop, 1990-1996
48Leonard W. Riches 14 June 197544, 31, 40, 43, 47New York and Philadelphia/Northeast and Mid-AtlanticPresiding Bishop, 1996–2014
49Arthur Ward11 September 197646, 37, 44, WhiteSouthern England
50Daniel Gilbert Cox 6 June 198444, 40, 43, 48, 47
51Royal U. Grote Jr. 7 June 198444, 40, 43, 48, 47Mid-AmericaPresiding Bishop, 2014–2016
52James Cortez West 24 June 198444, 50, 51, 40, 43, 48, 47Southeast
53Kenneth J. W. Powell1 October 198646, 49Southern EnglandBishop Primus, Free Church of England
54Robert Harold Booth 14 June 199048, 51, 43, 52
55Michael Fedechko 19 August 199351, 54, 53Canada
56E. A. "Ted" Follows 12 September 199351, 54, 55Canada
57Gregory Keith Hotchkiss8 June 199648, 54, 50, 51, 43Renounced episcopal office, 30 November 2003
58George Brian Fincke 21 June 199648, 43, 52, 51Served in Anglican Province of America
59Charles Dorrington 23 June 199648, 51, 43, 52, 56Western Canada and Alaska
60Daniel R. Morse 23 August 199648, 47, 57, 43, 52, 51, 55, 59Central States
61Oommen Samuel15 September 199648, 50, 55, 54, 57
62John Barry Shucksmith 19 August 199346, 53, 48England
63Ray R. Sutton 29 July 199948, 53, 51, 60, 52, 43, 54, 58, GrundorfMid-AmericaPresiding Bishop, 2016–present
64John McLean11 September 199953, 48, 51England
65Arthur Bentley-Taylor19 August 199353, 54, 51Northern England
66David L. Hicks 16 July 200548, 51, 63, 52, 54, 50, 61, 58, Grundorf, BoyceNortheast and Mid-Atlantic
67Paul Nigel Hunt 22 July 200653, 64, 51, SuttonSouthern England
68John R. K. Fenwick22 July 200664, 53, 51, SuttonNorthern EnglandBishop Primus, Free Church of England
69Gerhard Meyer22 October 200658, 51, 53Germany
70Alphonza Gadsden Sr. 17 November 200748, 43, 51, 66Southeast
71William J. White 17 January 200948, 43, 70, 51, 66, 63Southeast
72R. Charles Gillin 29 September 201248, 51, 66, 60, LipkaNortheast and Mid-Atlantic
73Jasmin Milić 13 May 201351, 67, 69Croatia
74Peter F. Manto 6 December 2013Duncan, 48, 51, 66, 60, AmesCentral States
75Raul Willians Mendez Suarez 24 May 201459, Walters, UchoaCuba
76Josep Miquel Rossello Ferrer28 September 201468, 67, 69South America
77Walter Banek 23 August 2017Beach, 63, 70, 71, 74, Guernsey, Atwood, Menees, Hobby, AndrewsMid-America
78Willie J. Hill Jr. 13 June 2022Beach, 63, 70, 71, 72, 74, 77, Guernsey, Lowenfield, Lebhar, Bryan, MurdochSoutheast
79William A. Jenkins Sr. 29 April 2023Beach, 63, 70, 71, 72, 74, 77, 78, Dobbs, IkerNortheast and Mid-Atlantic
80John Boonzaaijer 15 February 202463, Beach, 68, 69, 70, 72, 74, 77, 78, Ackerman, Atwood, Dobbs, Donison, Lowenfield, Lyons, Tighe, UchoaCuba
81Charlie Camlin 21 March 2024Beach, 63, 70, 71, 72, 74, 77, 78, 79, 80, Ackerman, Allen, DonisonMid-America
82Jason Grote4 June 202563, Wood, 74, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, Ackerman, Allen, Breedlove, Bryan, GuernseyCentral States
83Matthew Firth26 July 202567, 69, 80, Fenwick, SatyakumarNorthern Diocese (UK)
84Mark Gretason26 July 202567, 69, 80, Fenwick, SatyakumarSouthern Diocese (UK)