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Diocese of Southwest Florida

S.W. Floridians Clean Up After Hurricane Milton

Bishop Douglas Scharf: “I’ve lived in Florida most of my life, and I have not seen two storms that have affected a good portion of this part of Florida back-to-back like this.”

Sandra Folts (1942-2024) and Anne Harris (1932-2024)

Two bishops’ wives have died in recent weeks, and both were praised for their warm presence and the lives they led.

SW Florida Elects Cradle Episcopalian as Bishop Coadjutor

The Rev. Doug Scharf is the son of an Episcopal priest, and has never pursued any other line of work.

Bishop Roundup: Utah, Southwest Florida

Elections in April for a bishop diocesan and a bishop coadjutor

Bishop Roundup: SW Florida, West Texas, Oregon

A coadjutor, an assistant, and a consent.

The Bishop of Hurricane Irma Responds to Dorian

The Rt. Rev. Peter Eaton of the Diocese of Southeast Florida has had to issue hurricane appeals in three of the four hurricane seasons of his episcopacy.

Bp. Rogers Harris, 1930-2017

The Rev. Rogers Sanders Harris, the third Bishop of Southwest Florida, has died at age 87.

Concise Prayer amid Violence

“O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world: protect our lives in this time of terror and gun violence.”

DaySpring Groundbreaking

A new program center represents the first of a multiphase, 10-year DaySpring master development plan begun in 2014.

Hospitality in Tampa

'+Dabney Smith: welcoming visitors represents the “church in action” and “our sense of God’s mission to the world.”

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