News from the diocese
Delegates for the Missionary Diocese of the South and Ozarks met for the annual diocesan convocation on Saturday, September 16, 2023. The meeting was conducted virtually by Zoom conferencing. In addition to diocesan and parish reports, delegates discussed and voted on canonical amendments. A revised edition of the canons was adopted and became effective after […]
The Missionary Diocese of the West has been renamed the Western Archdeaconry and attached to the Missionary Diocese of the South and Ozarks. The UECNA House of Bishops determined that this arrangement will provide a greater degree of pastoral and administrative support for congregations in the West. The Western missionary diocese had been without a
The annual convocation of the Missionary Diocese of the South and Ozarks was held September 14-15, 2022 at All Saints Anglican Church in Boaz, Alabama. New members of the Standing Committee were elected. A resolution was adopted, authorizing the Standing Committee to incorporate the diocese and establish accounts for receiving special contributions. The Rt. Rev.
The Rt. Rev. Daniel J. Sparks made his first episcopal visit on April 24, 2022 to St. Joseph Anglican Church in Branson, Missouri. The service included confirmation of a church member.
The Rev. Paul C. Slish and the Rev. Daniel J. Sparks were consecrated bishops for the United Episcopal Church of North America on Saturday, March 26, 2022, in a service held at Saints Andrew and Matthias Anglican Church in Hastings, Michigan. Chief consecrator was the Most Rev. Peter Robinson, Presiding Bishop. Co-consecrators were the Rt.
The convocation of the Missionary Diocese of the South and Ozarks was held September 16, 2021 at St. Joseph Anglican Church in Branson, Missouri. Among other business, the convocation elected the Rev. Daniel Sparks, healthcare chaplain in Columbia, Missouri, to serve as bishop of the diocese. The next meeting of convocation will be held at
Johannes (Ian) Mosley was ordained deacon by the Rt. Rev. Glen D. Hartley on August 21, 2020 at St. Joseph Anglican Church in Branson, Missouri. Deacon Mosley is assigned as assistant minister in that parish.
The Rev. Daniel Sparks was received into the United Episcopal Church by Letters of Transfer from the Convocation of Anglicans in North America on 16th June 2020. The Rev. Mr. Sparks serves as a Veterans’ Administration Hospital Chaplain in Columbia, Missouri.
The Rt. Rev. Glen D. Hartley retired as Missionary Bishop of the Missionary Diocese of the South and Ozarks, effective Easter Day, April 24, 2019.
September 25th 2017 Missionary District of the South and Ozarks held their annual Convocation.
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