Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee
The Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America that covers roughly Middle Tennessee. A single diocese spanned the entire state until 1982, when the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee was created; the Diocese of Tennessee was again split in 1985 when the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee was formed. It is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
James Hervey Otey, first Bishop of Tennessee
Charles Quintard, second Bishop of Tennessee, first Vice-Chancellor of the University of the South
Thomas F. Gailor, third Bishop of Tennessee, President of the National Council of The Episcopal Church.
Edmund Dandridge, fifth Bishop of Tennessee
Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee
The Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee is the diocese of the Episcopal Church that geographically coincides with the political region known as the Grand Division of West Tennessee. The geographic range of the Diocese of West Tennessee was originally part of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee, which was partitioned into three separate dioceses during 1982–1985. Phoebe A. Roaf is the current bishop of West Tennessee. It is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee on the close of St. Mary's Cathedral.
Displayed in the west transept of St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral in Memphis, Tennessee, this stone is part of one of the columns of the balustrade that surrounded the ancient Pool of Bethesda. Brought from Jerusalem by Thomas F. Gailor, June 1, 1928.
James Hervey Otey, first Bishop of Tennessee
Charles Quintard, second Bishop of Tennessee
Thomas F. Gailor, third Bishop of Tennessee, President of the National Council
