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
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
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
Rachael Orth
Events Coordinator
Contact
Direct: (816) 683-9177
Office: (816) 471-6161 ext. 111
Links
Events Home page: spirit.diowestmo.org/events
The Rev. Jose Palma
Missioner, Hispanic Ministry
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
Assistant to the Bishop for Youth Ministry Development
This position is temporarily vacant, but the email address is still being monitored by Josh Trader.
Ron Weil
Finance Administrator
Other Leaders
The Very Rev. Chandler Jackson, III
Dean, Southern Deanery
Cell: (417) 425-9092
The Very Rev. Robin L. James
Dean, Northwest-Metro Deanery
The Rev. Deacon Donna Stanford
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
- 04-20-2022. Temporary switchboard number removed.
- 04-06-2022. New staff direct numbers added. Temporary Switchboard number listed.
- 03-22-2022. The Very Rev. Isaac Petty replaces the Rev. David Lynch as Central Dean.
- 03-08-2022. The Very Rev. Chandler Jackson III replaces the Rev. Jos Tharakan as Southern Dean.
- 02-24-2022. The Rev. Charles Everson added as Vocations Missioner.
- 02-02-2022. Contact details for the Very Rev. Robin L. James added.
- 01-31-2022. The Very Rev. Robin L. James replaces the Rev. Chas Marks as Dean of the Northwest-Metro Deanery
- 01-12-2022. The Very Rev. Chas Marks added as Transition Missioner.
- 11-24-2021. The Rt. Rev. Diane M. Jardine Bruce added.
- 11-10-2021. The new chancellor added. Vice chancellor added.