Contact information for the bishop, diocesan staff, & key leaders.
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- For more detailed information on what the members of the diocesan staff do, visit the Church Support page.
- For a complete list of committees, commissions, and ministries of the diocese go here.
Bishop
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The Rt. Rev. Diane M. Jardine Bruce
Bishop Provisional of West Missouri
Diocesan Staff
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Emily Davenport
Bishop’s Executive Assistant
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The Rev Charles Everson
Vocations Missioner (Part-time)
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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
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The Rev. Charles ‘Chas’ Marks
Transition Missioner (Part-time)
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The Rev. José Palma
Missioner, Hispanic Ministry
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Zach Phillips
Communications Director
Contact
Direct: (816) 683-9177
Office: (816) 471-6161, ext. 111
Links
New Spirit: spirit.diowestmo.org
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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
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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
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Ron Weil
Finance Administrator
Deans
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The Very Rev. Chandler Jackson, III
Dean, Southern Deanery
Cell: (417) 425-9092
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The Very Rev. Canon Robin L. James
Dean, Northwest-Metro Deanery
Other Leaders
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The Rev. John Spicer
President, Standing Committee
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The Rev. Deacon Barbara Wegener
Intake Officer
Contact
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.