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- For a complete list of committees, commissions, and ministries of the diocese go here.
Bishop

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

Gary Allman
Communications Director
Contact
Direct: (816) 226-4887
Office: (816) 471-6161, ext. 107
Links
New Spirit: spirit.diowestmo.org

Emily Davenport
Bishop’s Executive Assistant

The Rev Charles Everson
Vocations Missioner (Part-time)

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

The Rev. José Palma
Missioner, Hispanic Ministry

Zach Phillips
Communications Assistant
Contact
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
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
Direct: (816) 361-9159
Links
Website: www.wemoyouth.diowestmo.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/WEMOYouth

Ron Weil
Finance Administrator
Deans

The Very Rev. Chandler Jackson, III
Dean, Southern Deanery
Cell: (417) 425-9092

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

The Rev. John Spicer
President, Standing Committee

The Rev. Deacon Barbara Wegener
Intake Officer
Contact
Direct: (816) 361-9159
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.