Springfield Bishop in Dispute Over Retirement June 18, 2020 Highlight, News The Rt. Rev. Daniel Martins had announced plans to retire in June 2021, but the Standing Committee wants to move that up. Martins has been living in Chicago, outside the Diocese of Springfield, for personal reasons.
Springfield Bishop Announces Retirement October 23, 2019 News Bishop Dan Martins, one of the Episcopal Church's most influential conservatives, called for the election of a successor, who would be consecrated in June, 2021.
Peter Beckwith, Retired Bishop of Springfield, Dies at 80 October 9, 2019 News, Obituaries, People and Places Bishop Beckwith was a retired rear admiral in the Navy Reserves, and served on a committee that led to the establishment of the Anglican Church in North America.
Bishop Hultstrand Dies at 91 December 26, 2018 Clips, News The Rt. Rev. Donald Maynard Hultstrand, Bishop of Springfield from 1982 to 1991, died Dec. 21 in Greenville, S.C.
Bishop Martins on Marriage July 17, 2015 News Bishop Daniel Martins: “Marriage is not merely historic; it is pre-historic and pan-historic.”
