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Report Card on the House of Bishops

by Louie Crew

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Which Bishops Write?

Of 102 diocesan or coadjutor bishops in the domestic diocese, thirty-four list publications in their biographical statement published in the Episcopal Clerical Directory: that is, one-third of our bishops value their work as writers enough to name their publications as part of their identity for all the church to see.

Bishops who write..

         Bishop                          See                             
         ==========================      ======================
         Ackerman        Keith           Quincy
         Allan           Frank K.        Atlanta
         Bartlett        Allen           Pennsylvania
         Beckwith        Peter           Springfield
         Borsch          Frederick       Los Angeles
         Charleston      Steven          Alaska
         Denig           Robert S.       Western Massachusetts [deceased 95]
         Doss            Joe             New Jersey
         Dyer            Mark            Bethlehem
         Epting          Christopher     Iowa
         Grein           Richard F.      New York
         Grew            J. Clark        Ohio
         Griswold        Frank           Chicago
         Harris          Rogers          Southwest Florida
         Herlong         Bertram         Tennessee
         Howe            John            Central Florida
         Jecko           Stephen         Florida
         Jones           Charles         Montana
         Joslin          David           Central New York
         Kelshaw         Terence         Rio Grande
         Lee             Peter           Virginia
         Lee             Edward Lewis    Western Michigan
         MacNaughton     John            West Texas
         McNutt          Charlie         Central Pennsylvania
         Payne           Claude          Texas
         Rockwell        Hays H.         Missouri
         Rowley          Robert          Northwestern Pa
         Shaw            Thomas          Massachusetts
         Spong           John S.         Newark
         Walker          Orris G.        Long Island
         Wantland        William         Eau Claire
         White           Roger           Milwaukee
         Winterrowd      William J.      Colorado
         Wood            Stewart         Michigan

Who Reads Them Who Does Not Have To?

Do scholars read them? The major research libraries of the United States pool their catalogs for electronic access. Using a program called RLIN, researchers in one search can locate books in any of these libraries. Major universities have purchased the work of under half of these, the works of only 9 (i.e. one in 11 of all diocesans and coadjutors in the House:

Bishops who are read...

         Bishop                          See             Citations
         ==========================      ======================
         Grein           Richard F.      New York        1
         Grew            J. Clark        Ohio            1
         Kelshaw         Terence         Rio Grande      1
         Wantland        William         Eau Claire      1
         Walker          Orris G.        Long Island     1
         White           Roger           Milwaukee       1
         Rockwell        Hays H.         Missouri        3
         Borsch          Frederick       Los Angeles     23
         Spong           John S.         Newark          28
  


              

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