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The Episcopal Church in Utah: SEVEN BISHOPS AND ONE HUNDRED YEARS BY JAMES W. BELESS, JR.
T M H E EPISCOPAL CHURCH prides itself on its involvement in the community. The past one hundred-year history of the church in Utah is local proof positive of that community interest and participation. The Episcopal church is, as its name implies, a religious body led and administered by bishops. The church's story in Utah, thus, for convenience, may be considered by examining the events and personalities involved during each of the seven consecutive episcopates with jurisdiction over the state since 1867. Let us now examine that history by looking at the characters both clergy and lay who have played major roles, retelling the salient events in the life of the church, and comparing the part the church has played in the community as it has evolved over the past one hundred years. Mr. Beless, practicing attorney in Salt Lake City, is chancellor and chairman of Council of Advice, Episcopal District of Utah and senior warden of All Saints Episcopal Church. Mr. Robert McCrea, of the Utah Department of Development Services, copied the photographs of the Bishops of Utah, on display in St. Mark's Cathedral.
