Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America
Wichita Chancery, 1559 N. Woodlawn, Wichita, KS, 67208-2429
316-687-3169 (phone); 316-687-3327 (fax)
Welcome to the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America, part of the Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese in America. The Diocese of Wichita is led by His Grace Bishop BASIL and includes more than 45 churches and missions in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming.
Click here for a directory of all the parishes in the Diocese of Wichita.
Click here for a map of the Diocese of Wichita.
Click here to learn more about Bishop BASIL.
To contact Bishop BASIL electronically, email editor@antiochian.org with "Bishop BASIL" in the subject line.
AXIOS!
Bishop BASIL writes:
AXIOS! Fr. Michael Pavez of St. Michael Church in Beaumont, TX will be elevated to the dignity of Archpriest on the feast of the Archangel Michael - Sunday, November 8th.
HE IS WORTHY! On the evening of Thursday, November 12th, during the Divine Liturgy for the commemoration of St. John Chrysostom, Michael Sakran, a DOWAMA vocation at St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, will be ordained by me to the holy diaconate at his home parish of St. George in Houston, TX.
MOUSTAHIQ! On Sunday, November 29th, our DOWAMA and Cathedral Youth Director Camille Anthony Baba, a DOWAMA vocation and a graduate of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, will be ordained by me to the holy diaconate at St. George Cathedral in Wichita, KS.
2009 DOWAMA Fall Gathering and SOYO Basketball Tournament + October 23-25
The 2009 DOWAMA Fall Gathering and SOYO Basketball Tournament will be hosted at St. Elijah/Oklahoma City, OK on the weekend of October 23rd-25th. Please distribute the material previously provided to you concerning this event to your parish organizations and congregation. Questions? Contact Judy Stanley of St. George Cathedral/Wichita, KS (jstanleyfacs@yahoo.com), president of the DOWAMA Fellowship of St. John the Divine.
Our Lady of Walsingham Pilgrimage: October 17 + Mesquite, TX
Bishop BASIL writes:
Please join me for the annual Our Lady of Walsingham Pilgrimage on Saturday, October 17th, at the Church of Our Lady/Mesquite, TX. Questions? Contact Fr. Daniel Keller, proistamenos.
AXIOS!
AXIOS! Fr. Mark Haas of St. James the Brother-of-the-Lord Church in Fort Collins, CO was elevated to the dignity of Archpriest on Sunday, September 13th.
DOWAMA Procedural Documents Online
Bishop BASIL wites:
As is my practice at the start of each Church Year, I have attached hereto IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS which you are asked to download, share with your appropriate parish officers, members and employees, and then file for future reference. These document are available at www.antiochian.org/DOWAMA/Policies. Included are:
a - Archdiocesan Guidelines & Procedures Concerning Clergy Sexual Misconduct
b - Rules & Procedures Concerning the Archdiocesan Spiritual Court
c - The Archpastoral Directive Concerning the Time of Church School
d - Guidelines Concerning a Visitation by a Bishop
