Contact List

Contact information for the bishop, diocesan staff, & key leaders.

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Bishop


The Rt. Rev. Diane M. Jardine Bruce
Bishop Provisional of West Missouri

Contact

bishop.bruce@diowestmo.org

Office: (816) 471-6161, ext. 103

Links

Diocesan website: diowestmo.org

Diocesan Staff


Emily Davenport
Bishop’s Executive Assistant

Contact

bishopsassistant@diowestmo.org

Direct: (816) 648-0584

Office: (816) 471-6161 ext. 103


The Rev Charles Everson
Vocations Missioner (Part-time)

Contact

vocations@diowestmo.org

Direct: (816) 648-0613

Office: (816) 471-6161 ext. 108


Elaine Gilligan (Part-time)
Human Resource Administrator and Finance Assistant

Contact

hr-finasst@diowestmo.org

Direct: (816) 648-0734

Office: (816) 471-6161 ext. 105

Links

HR Documents: https://office.diowestmo.org/resources/documents/#hr


The Rev. Charles ‘Chas’ Marks
Transition Missioner (Part-time)

Contact

transition@diowestmo.org

Direct: (816) 648-0731

Office: (816) 471-6161 ext. 106


The Rev. José Palma
Missioner, Hispanic Ministry

Contact

hispanic.missioner@diowestmo.org

Direct: (816) 648-0587

Office: (816) 471-6161 ext. 110


Zach Phillips
Communications Director

Contact

communications@diowestmo.org

Direct: (816) 683-9177

Office: (816) 471-6161, ext. 111

Links

New Spirit: spirit.diowestmo.org


Kim Snodgrass (Part-time)
Assistant to the Bishop for Christian Formation Development

Contact

formation@diowestmo.org

Direct: (816) 648-0724

Office: (816) 471-6161 ext. 109

Links

Christian Formation Home page diowestmo.org/formation


The Rev. David Wilcox
Missioner for Youth Ministry

Our new Missioner for Youth Ministry joins us May 22, 2023.

Contact

wemoyouth@diowestmo.org

Direct: (816) 361-9159

Links

Website: www.wemoyouth.diowestmo.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/WEMOYouth


Ron Weil
Finance Administrator

Contact

finance@diowestmo.org

Direct: (816) 648-0580

Office: (816) 471-6161 ext. 104


Deans


The Very Rev. Tim Coppinger
Dean, Central Deanery

Contact

central@diowestmo.org

Office: TBA


The Very Rev. Chandler Jackson, III
Dean, Southern Deanery

southern@diowestmo.org

Cell: (417) 425-9092


The Very Rev. Canon Robin L. James
Dean, Northwest-Metro Deanery

Contact

northwestmetro@diowestmo.org

Office: (801) 913-5411 Please leave a message!


Other Leaders


The Venerable Bruce Bower
Archdeacon of The Diocese of West Missouri


Mark Galus
Chancellor

Contact

chancellor@diowestmo.org

Office: (816) 471-6161 ext. 103


Thomas ‘Tom’ Kokjer
Treasurer

Contact

treasurer@diowestmo.org

Office: (816) 471-6161 ext. 104


David Powell
Vice Chancellor

Contact

chancellor@diowestmo.org

Office: (816) 471-6161 ext. 103


The Rev. John Spicer
President, Standing Committee

Contact

frjohn@standrewkc.org

Office: (816) 523-1602


The Rev. Deacon Donna Stanford
Diocesan Secretary


The Rev. Deacon Barbara Wegener
Intake Officer

Contact

intake.officer@diowestmo.org

Office: (816) 471-6161 ext. 101

Previous number: (816) 399-0898 Note this number will be left active until new Intake Officer posters have been circulated to all the churches


Updates

  • 05-04-2023. The Very Rev. Tim Comppinger replaces the Rev. Isaac Petty as Dean of the Central Deanery.
  • 03-23-2023. Apologies to the Rev. Deacon Barbara Wegener, the wrong file photograph was used. The profile picture has now been updated. Thatnks to Fr. Chas marks for pointing out the error.
  • 03-07-2023. The Rev. Deacon Barbara Wegener is now Intake Officer, and the Rev. Deacon Donna Stanford is now Diocesan Secretary. Events Coordinator removed.
  • 01-24-2023. ‘More Information’ button added to the Intake Officer entry.
  • 11-22-2022. Reorganized the list to enable the deans to be grouped together.
  • 10-21-2022. Correction. Added ‘Part time’ designation to the Event Coordinator role.
  • 10-04-2022. Correction. Added ‘Part time’ designation to the Transition and Vocations missioner roles.

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