Bishops Past & Present

With a succession beginning in the 1850s, the Episcopal Church in Los Angeles has been served by the following bishops.

 

Bishops Diocesan

The Rt. Rev. William Ingraham Kip, Bishop of California
The Rt. Rev. William Ford Nichols, Bishop of California
The Rt. Rev. Joseph Horsfall Johnson, First Bishop of Los Angeles (1896-1928)
The Rt. Rev. William Bertrand Stevens, Second Bishop of Los Angeles (Coadjutor 1920-1928; Diocesan 1928-1947)
The Rt. Rev. Francis Eric Bloy, Third Bishop of Los Angeles (1948-1973)
The Rt. Rev. Robert Claflin Rusack, Fourth Bishop of Los Angeles (Coadjutor 1972-1974; Diocesan 1974-1986)
The Rt. Rev. Frederick Houk Borsch, Fifth Bishop of Los Angeles (1988-2002)
The Rt. Rev. Joseph Jon Bruno, Sixth Bishop of Los Angeles (Coadjutor 1999-2002; Diocesan 2002-2017)
[Incumbent: The Rt. Rev. John Harvey Taylor, Seventh Bishop of Los Angeles (Coadjutor 2017, Diocesan 2017 to present)

 

Bishops Suffragan

The Rt. Rev. Robert Burton Gooden, First Bishop Suffragan of Los Angeles (1930-1947)
The Rt. Rev. Donald James Campbell, Second Bishop Suffragan of Los Angeles (1949-1959)
The Rt. Rev. Ivol Ira Curtis, Third Bishop Suffragan of Los Angeles (1960-1964, elected Bishop of Olympia)
The Rt. Rev. Robert Claflin Rusack, Fourth Bishop Suffragan of Los Angeles (1964-1972)
The Rt. Rev. Oliver Bailey Garver, Jr., Fifth Bishop Suffragan of Los Angeles (1985-1990)
The Rt. Rev. Chester Lovelle Talton, Sixth Bishop Suffragan of Los Angeles (1991-2010)
The Rt. Rev. Diane Jardine Bruce, Seventh Bishop Suffragan of Los Angeles (2010-2021)
The Rt. Rev. Mary Douglas Glasspool, Eighth Bishop Suffragan of Los Angeles (2010-2016)

 

Bishops Assistant & Assisting

The Rt. Rev. Cedric Mills, Bishop Assisting (1972-1985)
The Rt. Rev. George West Barrett, Bishop Assisting (1974-2000)
The Rt. Rev. John M. Krumm, Bishop Assisting (1981-1995)
The Rt. Rev. Robert Marshall Anderson, Bishop Assistant (1994-1998, 2002-2008)
The Rt. Rev. Artemio M. Zabala, Bishop Assisting (1993 to present)
The Rt. Rev. Sergio Carranza-Gomez, Bishop Assisting (2003-2010)
The Rt. Rev. Catherine S. Roskam, Bishop Assisting (2012 to 2019)
The Rt. Rev. Samuel Azariah, Bishop Assisting (2015 to 2019)
The Rt. Rev. C. Franklin Brookhart, Bishop Assisting (2021 to present)
The Rt. Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Bishop Assisting (2021 to present)
The Rt. Rev. Ed Little, Bishop Assisting (2021 to present)