12th District
Dates
How geography related to the multiple ways in which Episcopal Districts were organized shifted with regard to Arkansas and Oklahoma annual conferences. Over time these patterns developed as follows.
1872
6th Episcopal District
Tennessee, ARKANSAS, Louisiana, Texas
Bishop John M. Brown
1876
5th Episcopal District
Louisiana, Texas, West Texas, ARKANSAS, WEST ARKANSAS
Bishop Thomas Myers Decatur Ward
1880
8th Episcopal District
Mississippi, North Mississippi, ARKANSAS, INDIAN MISSION
Bishop Henry M. Turner
1884
8th Episcopal District
Mississippi, North Mississippi, ARKANSAS, SOUTH ARKANSAS, INDIAN MISSION
Bishop Thomas Myers Decatur Ward
1888
8th Episcopal District
Mississippi, North Mississippi, ARKANSAS, SOUTH ARKANSAS,
WEST ARKANSAS
Bishop Richard S. Disney (died in 1891)
5th Episcopal
INDIAN MISSION, Missouri, North Missouri, Kansas, Rocky Mountain
Bishop Thomas Myers Decatur Ward
1892
9th Episcopal District
Mississippi, North Mississippi, Middle Mississippi, ARKANSAS,
SOUTH ARKANSAS, WEST ARKANSAS
Bishop Benjamin W. Arnett
5th Episcopal District
Missouri, North Missouri, Kansas, Rocky Mountain, INDIAN MISSION
Bishop Thomas Myers Decatur Ward
1896
8th Episcopal District
Mississippi, North Mississippi, Middle Mississippi,
ARKANSAS, SOUTH ARKANSAS, WEST ARKANSAS
Bishop William B. Derrick
11th Episcopal District
California, OKLAHOMA, INDIAN MISSION, Puget Sound
Bishop Wesley J. Gaines
1900
8th Episcopal District
Mississippi, Central Mississippi, North Mississippi, Northeast Mississippi,
ARKANSAS, WEST ARKANSAS, EAST ARKANSAS, SOUTH ARKANSAS
Bishop Evans Tyree
10th Episcopal District
Texas, Central Texas, West Texas, Northeast Texas, OKLAHOMA, INDIAN MISSION
Bishop Moses B. Salter
1904
9th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS, SOUTH ARKANSAS, WEST ARKANSAS, EAST ARKANSAS,
Tennessee, West Tennessee
Bishop Benjamin F. Lee
10th Episcopal District
Texas, West Texas, Northeast Texas, Central Texas, INDIAN TERRITORY, OKLAHOMA
Bishop Evans Tyree
1908
9th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS, SOUTH ARKANSAS, WEST ARKANSAS, EAST ARKANSAS, INDIAN MISSION, OKLAHOMA
Bishop Joseph S. Flipper
1912
12th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS, WEST ARKANSAS, EAST ARKANSAS, SOUTH ARKANSAS, OKLAHOMA, NORTH OKLAHOMA, CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
1916
12th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS, WEST ARKANSAS, SOUTH ARKANSAS, EAST ARKANSAS, OKLAHOMA, CENTRAL OKLAHOMA, NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
Bishop James M. Conner
1920
12th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS, WEST ARKANSAS, SOUTH ARKANSAS, EAST ARKANSAS, CENTRAL ARKANSAS
Bishop Isaac N. Ross
13th Episcopal District
Louisiana, North Louisiana, Central Louisiana, OKLAHOMA,
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA, NORTH OKLAHOMA
Bishop Evans Tyree
1924
12th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS, WEST ARKANSAS, EAST ARKANSAS, SOUTH ARKANSAS, CENTRAL ARKANSAS
Bishop Isaac N. Ross
13th Episcopal District
Louisiana, Central Louisiana, North Louisiana, OKLAHOMA,
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA, NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
Bishop Abram L. Gaines
1928
12th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS, WEST ARKANSAS, EAST ARKANSAS, SOUTH ARKANSAS, CENTRAL ARKANSAS, NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
Bishop William T. Vernon
18th Episcopal District
California, Southern California, Puget Sound, NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA, CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
Bishop Sherman L. Greene, Sr.
1932
12th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS, WEST ARKANSAS, EAST ARKANSAS, SOUTH ARKANSAS, CENTRAL ARKANSAS
Bishop George B. Young
14th Episcopal District
California, Southern California, Puget Sound, OKLAHOMA, CENTRAL OKLAHOMA, NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
Bishop William D. Johnson
1936
12th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS, WEST ARKANSAS, EAST ARKANSAS, NORTHEAST ARKANSAS, CENTRAL OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA, NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
Bishop Henry Y. Tookes
1940
12th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS & OKLAHOMA
Bishop Edward J. Howard
1941-1945
12th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS & OKLAHOMA
Bishop George E. Curry
1945
12th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS
Bishop George W. Baber
1946-1948
12th Episcopal District
Oklahoma
Bishop John H. Clayborn
1948-1951
12th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS & OKLAHOMA
Bishop William A. Fountain, Sr.
1951-1956
12th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS & OKLAHOMA
Bishop William R. Wilkes
1956-1957
12TH Episcopal District
ARKANSAS & OKLAHOMA
Bishop Sherman L. Greene, Sr.
1958-1964
12th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS & OKLAHOMA
Bishop Odie L. Sherman
1964-1972
12th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS & OKLAHOMA
Bishop George N. Collins
1972-1976
12th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS & OKLAHOMA
Bishop Samuel S. Morris, Jr.
1976-1984
12th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS & OKLAHOMA
Bishop Frederick C. James
1984-1988
12th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS & OKLAHOMA
Bishop H. Harford Brookins
1988-1992
12th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS & OKLAHOMA
Bishop Henry Allen Belin, Jr.
1992-2000
12th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS & OKLAHOMA
Bishop Frederick H. Talbot
2000-2008
12th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS & OKLAHOMA
Bishop Richard Allen Chappelle, Sr.
2008-
12th Episcopal District
ARKANSAS & OKLAHOMA
Bishop Samuel L. Green, Sr.
