Episcopal Diocese of Alaska

Diocese of Alaska
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Province VIII
Deaneries	Arctic Coast, The Interior, South Central, Southeast
Headquarters	Fairbanks, Alaska
Statistics
Congregations	49
Members	7,146 (2014)
Information
Rite	Episcopal
Cathedral	none
Current leadership
Bishop	Mark Lattime
Map
Location of the Diocese of Alaska
Website
episcopalak.org

The Episcopal Diocese of Alaska is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the state of Alaska. Established in 1895, it has the largest geographical reach of any diocese in the Episcopal Church, with approximately 7,000 members spread across 53 congregations. It is in Province 8. It has no cathedral and the diocesan offices are located in Fairbanks.

Following the resignation in 2007 of Mark MacDonald, Bishop of Alaska, to become the first National Indigenous Bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada, the diocese embarked on a lengthy discernment process about its future leadership. Recognizing that the vacancy would likely be lengthy, the diocesan convention elected as assisting bishop, Rustin R. Kimsey, retired Bishop of Eastern Oregon and former assisting bishop for Navajoland, to exercise episcopal functions pending the election and installation of a new diocesan bishop. In 2009, the diocese announced a process for election of the 8th Bishop of Alaska, and the 35th Diocesan Convention, on April 10, 2010, elected Mark Lattime, Rector of St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Geneseo in the Diocese of Rochester (New York), as the 8th Bishop of Alaska. His episcopal ordination took place on September 4, 2010, at the First United Methodist Church in Anchorage.

The 33rd Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska, held in 2007, adopted several resolutions that may, in due course, markedly influence the ministry of the diocese. These resolutions included:

Several parish churches are listed on the National Register of Historic Places:

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